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Leading Change, Adding Value

27 June 2016

Learning Disability Practice

Policy briefing

Essential facts NHS England’s new nursing and midwifery framework, Leading Change, Adding Value, builds on Compassion in Practice (CiP), which three years ago...

Personal safety when working alone

28 November 2016

Learning Disability Practice

Policy briefing

Essential facts Nursing staff who work alone are more vulnerable to physical and verbal abuse. New guidance from the RCN advises nurses on how to keep themselves...

Homes not hospitals

29 May 2018

Learning Disability Practice

Policy briefing

Essential facts Approximately 1.2 million people in England have a learning disability and it is estimated that up to 17% display behaviour that challenges. The...

Responding to a request to hasten death

10 February 2017

Emergency Nurse

Policy briefing

Essential facts Intense media interest and a number of high-profile court cases have kept debate about assisted suicide in the public eye.

Fair care for trans people

07 December 2016

Emergency Nurse

Policy briefing

Essential facts Nurses feel woefully underprepared to meet the needs of transgender patients, according to an RCN survey. Despite a steep rise in numbers of...

Figuring out emergency care provision

13 April 2017

Emergency Nurse

Policy briefing

Essential factsPicture credit: iStock A national system to improve the recording of how and what urgent and emergency care is provided is being introduced later this...

Updated National Early Warning Score

09 March 2018

Emergency Nurse

Policy briefing

Essential facts The National Early Warning Score (NEWS) was developed by the Royal College of Physicians to improve the identification of acutely ill patients,...

Organising emergency and acute care

14 September 2017

Emergency Nurse

Policy briefing

Essential facts More than 20 million patients access NHS emergency and urgent services each year.

Police involvement in restraint in healthcare

10 March 2017

Emergency Nurse

Policy briefing

Essential facts In January, new guidance was drawn up for police and healthcare professionals, outlining for the first time how and when police officers should be...

Leading Change, Adding Value

06 July 2016

Emergency Nurse

Policy briefing

Essential facts Leading Change, Adding Value is NHS England’s new nursing and midwifery framework. It builds on Compassion in Practice (CiP), which set out the 6Cs....