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Government announces plans for widespread closure of hospitals

02 March 2015

Learning Disability Practice

News

HOSPITALS FOR people with learning disabilities will be closed over the next two years as part of the government’s commitment to move people out of Winterbourne...

Chief nursing officer sets out healthcare reforms

28 September 2015

Learning Disability Practice

News

ENGLAND’S CHIEF nursing officer Jane Cummings has said the work she is doing to close inappropriate inpatient settings and transform care for people with learning...

Telephone triage system launched to reduce ambulance call-outs

01 June 2010

Emergency Nurse

Analysis

A CLINICAL assessment software tool, NHS Pathways, has been devised to help emergency call handlers triage members of the public, and refer them to the most...

Nurses warn against plans to halt department closures

01 June 2010

Emergency Nurse

News

EMERGENCY NURSES have warned that government plans to stop closures of emergency departments (EDs) may not be in the interests of patient safety.

Quality indicators expected as care standard is relaxed

01 July 2010

Emergency Nurse

Analysis

Most people will remember the angry voter who, in 2001, confronted the then prime minister Tony Blair on the election trail.

Guide to care in final three days

10 September 2015

Cancer Nursing Practice

Analysis

HEADLINES ONCE again focus on end of life care following publication of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence NICE) draft guideline on caring for...

Introducing the children’s nurse social worker

10 April 2013

Nursing Children and Young People

Analysis

Universities offering combined nursing and social work degree courses are relatively few. A search of the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) website...

Nursing directors urged to join safe staffing group

26 August 2015

Nursing Management

News

ENGLAND’S CHIEF nurse Jane Cummings has written to nursing directors inviting them to become part of an expert group on safe staffing.

£5 million initiative to cut staff absence announced

30 September 2015

Nursing Management

News

A DRIVE to improve NHS staff health will fail unless one of the main causes of stress, namely lack of staff, is tackled, say unions.

Nurses mark NHS Change Day with pledges to improve services

22 February 2013

Nursing Management

Analysis

Suggestions posted by staff on NHS Institute microsite include spending time on the ‘shop floor’, as Sally Gillen reports.