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Care homes should be run by nurses

02 April 1997

Nursing Standard

Letter

With regard to tire report ‘Government threat to council nursing homes’ (News March 19), the NHS has operated a few experimental nursing homes in the past but most...

Home discomforts

21 August 1996

Nursing Standard

Letter

I have worked in a private nursing home for 11 years and it has been an uphill struggle to remain cheerful, confident, knowledgeable, professional and forward...

Sexual health of adolescents

01 June 2005

Primary Health Care

General

Reduction in teenage pregnancy was one of the Health of the Nation (Department of Health (DH) 1992) targets and, although there has been a slight drop in the...

Modifying the ‘Manchester triage system’ in practice

01 March 2002

Primary Health Care

General

The white paper The New NHS: Modern, Dependable (DoH 1997) clearly outlines the need for easier and faster advice and information for people about health and...

Letter

01 December 1999

Nursing Older People

Letter

The letter from Jane Rogers (Elderly Care November 1999) emphasises the inequality of care patients receive in some care homes and the inequality of respect some...

Emergency wound care in practice

01 November 2004

Primary Health Care

Nurse practitioners

The New NHS(NHSE 1997), Our Healthier Nation (NHSE 1998) and the NHS Plan (DoH 2000) support and encourage nurses to develop and offer services for patients that...