<![CDATA[Nursing Times]]> Follow Nursing Times, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/nursing-times Tue, 29 Nov 2022 09:54:30 +0200 <![CDATA[Analysis: The nurses set to benefit from English language changes]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlL-iBulFOQ8V6bel3Iu4GjH Valarie Nyandieka sat her first Occupational English Test (OET) in September 2021, just two weeks after giving birth to a baby boy. She had been working as a mental health nurse in Kenya but wanted to bring her skills to the UK. Unfortunately, she missed…

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]]> Tue, 29 Nov 2022 09:00:37 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlL-iBulFOQ8V6bel3Iu4GjH <![CDATA[Palliative care report highlights nurse workforce pressures]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlKttG2zqBR-_wp41t9tiERU Nurse workforce issues are affecting the ability of terminally ill people to get the care and support they need during evenings and weekends, warns a new report. The research, funded by charity Marie Curie and carried out by academics from three UK universities, highlighted the…

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]]> Mon, 28 Nov 2022 19:49:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlKttG2zqBR-_wp41t9tiERU <![CDATA[RCN knocks back government plea to reconsider strikes]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlJnbjnMjkxsJi3FFO_xyF25 The Royal College of Nursing has told health and social care secretary Steve Barclay that the position of its members is “negotiations or nothing”, in an exchange of letters over the weekend regarding the impending nurse pay strikes. In his letter, Mr Barclay urged the…

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]]> Mon, 28 Nov 2022 14:55:07 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlJnbjnMjkxsJi3FFO_xyF25 <![CDATA[Interview: England CNO quizzed about challenges facing nursing]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlLJOVcvm3SCRQm0QkxGtqLL The chief nursing officer (CNO) for England has pledged her support for the profession as it heads into yet another difficult winter and into a period of potential strike action. In an exclusive interview, Nursing Times has spoken to Dame Ruth May about the issues…

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]]> Mon, 28 Nov 2022 12:16:49 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlLJOVcvm3SCRQm0QkxGtqLL <![CDATA[Introducing ultrasound-guided intravenous cannulation to a service]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlIgm_s-nG8VKxeIF_fEM9tn An IV team at Aintree Hospital in Liverpool addressed a gap in service provision by integrating ultrasound-guided cannulation into their trust's service

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]]> Mon, 28 Nov 2022 07:07:14 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlIgm_s-nG8VKxeIF_fEM9tn <![CDATA[Research capabilities of respiratory nurses: a training needs analysis]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlKW68OcsjsIpR-xWH3zZqEA Accessible funding and support for nursing research is a key challenge but would enable nurses to collaborate and lead patient-centred research to improve patient care and outcomes

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]]> Mon, 28 Nov 2022 06:29:11 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlKW68OcsjsIpR-xWH3zZqEA <![CDATA[Number of flu hospitalisations up 10-fold on last year]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlKmhhPPXn_AQum6srrLMsqK Health leaders have called on the government to “act fast” and fix “chronic” staff shortages as hospitalisations due to influenza infections jump ahead of winter. New weekly winter figures from the NHS show that hundreds of hospital beds in England were occupied by patients with…

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]]> Fri, 25 Nov 2022 16:10:04 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlKmhhPPXn_AQum6srrLMsqK <![CDATA[Northern Ireland nurse explains why he will again strike]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlLdcBIIjgrsmBKeetMRuZbW A nurse who went on strike three years ago to fight for better pay and improved staffing has told Nursing Times why he is getting ready to do the same again in the coming weeks. Conor McDowell, a senior nurse manager at a large acute…

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]]> Fri, 25 Nov 2022 15:43:07 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlLdcBIIjgrsmBKeetMRuZbW <![CDATA[Health visitors warn of ‘lasting impact’ of Covid-19 on families]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlK3iFR9O6IrwGsGk81fO-bN The Covid-19 pandemic is having a “lasting impact” on the health and wellbeing of children, health visitors have warned in a new report. The report, published by the Institute of Health Visiting and the First 1001 Days Movement, surveyed 555 professionals from across the UK,…

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]]> Fri, 25 Nov 2022 13:09:20 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlK3iFR9O6IrwGsGk81fO-bN <![CDATA[Nurse strike dates announced by the RCN]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlIh8PIwwFPVi_dczOo_8W9B The Royal College of Nursing has announced the first two dates that nursing staff across England, Wales and Northern Ireland will go on strike. The strike action will take place on Thursday 15 December and Tuesday 20 December. "Nursing staff have had enough of being…

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]]> Fri, 25 Nov 2022 03:01:35 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlIh8PIwwFPVi_dczOo_8W9B <![CDATA[Scottish Government puts forward ‘best and final’ nurse pay offer]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlJvS8GYEARHDC3FFO_xyF25 The Scottish Government has put forward a “best and final” pay offer for NHS staff which would see them receive an average 7.5% uplift. The pay offer means that staff working on Agenda for Change contracts will receive pay rises ranging from £2,205 to £2,751,…

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]]> Thu, 24 Nov 2022 19:56:40 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlJvS8GYEARHDC3FFO_xyF25 <![CDATA[‘Startling’ increase in mental health service demand]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlJEDGJ90NMbmCoxzwoq1nFt There was an increase of more than 16% in the number of people using NHS mental services in England last year, NHS data show. Figures published by NHS Digital today revealed that during 2021-22, 3,256,695 people used NHS secondary mental health, learning disabilities and autism…

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]]> Thu, 24 Nov 2022 19:15:58 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlJEDGJ90NMbmCoxzwoq1nFt <![CDATA[‘The Workforce Summit & Awards have highlighted great work by nurse leaders’]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlIM4wQyA3cXEOQEmsPXZ5C9

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]]> Thu, 24 Nov 2022 17:08:45 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlIM4wQyA3cXEOQEmsPXZ5C9 <![CDATA[Unison health workers vote to strike in Northern Ireland]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlLX68qKE3ZZWEZPHFZJLI3I Health workers at the union Unison have become the latest in Northern Ireland to vote for strike as part of the escalating UK-wide NHS pay dispute. Unison has now joined other unions including the Royal College of Nursing and GMB in receiving a mandate from…

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]]> Thu, 24 Nov 2022 14:28:28 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlLX68qKE3ZZWEZPHFZJLI3I <![CDATA[‘We can tackle the stigma around dementia in the Chinese community’]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlIjsjpV4nL8ai1Ly282xAAw We have a common saying in Chinese culture: Bad things that happen in the family, stay in the family. In our community, a diagnosis of dementia is often swept under the carpet due to shame.  Having grown up in Hong Kong and in a Chinese…

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]]> Thu, 24 Nov 2022 11:00:14 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlIjsjpV4nL8ai1Ly282xAAw <![CDATA[Nursing support workers celebrated on third annual recognition day]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlLmF6s7oTrR8HOFESPuQWsX The “invaluable” contribution of nursing support workers across health and social care has been celebrated today as part of the Royal College of Nursing’s third annual Nursing Support Workers Day. This year the RCN has highlighted the critical role nursing support workers play by launching…

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]]> Wed, 23 Nov 2022 19:43:55 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlLmF6s7oTrR8HOFESPuQWsX <![CDATA[RCN to push ahead with December pay strikes]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlJ3WxMIKryW-qbel3Iu4GjH Nurses are set to go ahead with strike action next month after the government failed to meet an ultimatum set by the Royal College of Nursing. The RCN has today confirmed that more than five days after it asked the UK Government to commit to…

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]]> Wed, 23 Nov 2022 17:58:37 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlJ3WxMIKryW-qbel3Iu4GjH <![CDATA[NT Workforce: Managers ‘caught between staff and government’ over pay]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlIL3sqHZ7VUCkGT5aWO9DEx The decision by thousands of nurses to vote for strike action has been described by the chief executive of NHS Employers as a “difficult but significant step”. During a keynote speech at this year’s Nursing Times Workforce Summit, Danny Mortimer highlighted the “challenges” around potential…

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]]> Wed, 23 Nov 2022 12:34:10 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlIL3sqHZ7VUCkGT5aWO9DEx <![CDATA[‘I hope to inspire others to explore research fellowship opportunities’]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlKQe_xsRAvOUmW0GqTRQSgk

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]]> Wed, 23 Nov 2022 10:00:15 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlKQe_xsRAvOUmW0GqTRQSgk <![CDATA[Winners of the 2022 Nursing Times Workforce Awards revealed]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlIGQ0QBgsjQK7kdRKkm2PJP A prison nursing leader, an overseas nurse ambassador, and a trust that has almost wiped out its nursing vacancies are among those recognised in the 2022 Nursing Times Workforce Awards. The winners were announced this evening during a ceremony at the Hilton London Metropole attended…

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