<![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 Thu, 23 Sep 2021 07:45:52 +0200 <![CDATA[UK government refutes Kenyan nurse pay claims]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlJMnl8Wzj2O3uGrEXdXG_66 Ministers have reassured that Kenyan nurses coming to work in the UK under a new NHS scheme will see their salaries paid to them “directly” and will not be required to give a percentage to their native government. The news follows concerns raised around a…

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]]> Wed, 22 Sep 2021 18:59:56 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlJMnl8Wzj2O3uGrEXdXG_66 <![CDATA[Nurse leader warns of ‘huge pressure’ on Welsh health services]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlJA7GNw_suRTtaXKMm36c-X The latest surge of Covid-19 coupled with other hospital admissions and nurse shortages mean health services in Wales are heading for a “perfect storm” this winter, a nursing leader has warned. Associate director of nursing at the Royal College of Nursing in Wales, Nicky Hughes,…

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]]> Wed, 22 Sep 2021 18:17:30 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlJA7GNw_suRTtaXKMm36c-X <![CDATA[New international guidelines on nurse prescribing launched]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlI4pV20k_uBFEZPHFZJLI3I The International Council of Nurses (ICN) has today published new guidelines to support the expansion of nurse prescribing around the world. The new document aims to “promote a level of consistency” around nurse prescribing and outlines the critical elements required for nurses to prescribe safely…

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]]> Wed, 22 Sep 2021 14:04:15 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlI4pV20k_uBFEZPHFZJLI3I <![CDATA[‘Why are children’s mental health services in crisis?’]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlIAU0QeY1rbaYvmyuk5fxzE The current narrative around children’s mental health is one of crisis. There is news story after news story about services being at breaking point. During the past 18 months we have been told there is a mental health pandemic coming, alongside the current Covid-19 one.…

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]]> Wed, 22 Sep 2021 11:57:34 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlIAU0QeY1rbaYvmyuk5fxzE <![CDATA[Inquiry to investigate human rights concerns in care settings]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlIAU0QeY1rbaS1Ly282xAAw An investigation has been launched into concerns over the human rights of residents and their families in care settings across England. It follows a wave of concerns born during the outbreak of Covid-19, including blanket bans on visiting and the detention of people with learning…

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]]> Wed, 22 Sep 2021 11:49:19 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlIAU0QeY1rbaS1Ly282xAAw <![CDATA[Claims Kenyan government will receive cut of nurses’ wages under NHS scheme]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlLF_sQsezVR9GW0GqTRQSgk Concerns have been raised around the UK government’s agreement with Kenya to provide unemployed nurses in the African country with jobs in the NHS. It follows reports that suggested the Kenyan government would receive a cut of these nurses’ wages if they came to work…

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]]> Tue, 21 Sep 2021 18:30:40 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlLF_sQsezVR9GW0GqTRQSgk <![CDATA[Morecambe Bay trust announces appointment of new chief nurse]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlLF_sQsezVR9M4HQhe4ZUzd A new chief nurse has been appointed for University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust (UHMBT) and she says she is “committed” to helping the organisation to improve. Bridget Lees will join the trust, which serves patients across south Cumbria and north Lancashire, in…

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]]> Tue, 21 Sep 2021 18:25:58 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlLF_sQsezVR9M4HQhe4ZUzd <![CDATA[Clinical collection: Early mobilisation]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlKsM_WixQ36meifqJurszLU

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]]> Tue, 21 Sep 2021 17:31:29 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlKsM_WixQ36meifqJurszLU <![CDATA[CNO backs new safe nurse staffing tool for emergency departments]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlKXQegAgSTlBHOFESPuQWsX A safe nurse staffing tool has been launched to support NHS emergency departments in England in the hope of improving patient outcomes and the working environment for staff. The Emergency Department Safer Nursing Care Tool has been backed by the chief nursing officer for England,…

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]]> Tue, 21 Sep 2021 12:48:23 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlKXQegAgSTlBHOFESPuQWsX <![CDATA[Trust closes year of the nurse celebrations with cathedral service]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlLEPOa5EOdj_FRpWVnEcNkS A hospital trust has signed off its extended International Year of the Nurse and Midwife commemorations with a special event at Manchester Cathedral. More than 300 nurses and midwives took part in the ceremony on Thursday, 16 September organised by Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust…

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]]> Mon, 20 Sep 2021 18:24:25 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlLEPOa5EOdj_FRpWVnEcNkS <![CDATA[Study warns of ‘inequitable’ end-of-life care for minority groups during Covid-19]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlKxFoAbNbRauu4sICfMfkNm National policies introduced in the wake of Covid-19 may have negatively affected people from minority ethnic backgrounds at the end of life more so than others, new research has found. The study, led by King’s College London, gathered information from 277 palliative care services across…

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]]> Mon, 20 Sep 2021 16:07:52 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlKxFoAbNbRauu4sICfMfkNm <![CDATA[Prehabilitation to improve lung cancer outcomes 1: principles and benefits]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlKt2fb7R6OpL27fhEn5oRuR In the first of two articles on prehabilitation for non-operable cancers using the example of advanced lung cancer, we outline the principles and benefits of cancer prehabilitation

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]]> Mon, 20 Sep 2021 13:07:53 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlKt2fb7R6OpL27fhEn5oRuR <![CDATA[Unison to launch industrial action ballot after members oppose 3% NHS pay deal]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlJmEIQ3PGeDNHtuT6pSmY81 The union Unison is set to launch an indicative ballot to gauge how many of its health members want to take industrial action over pay, after an “overwhelming majority” voted against the government’s 3% deal in England. The news comes less than a week after…

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]]> Mon, 20 Sep 2021 12:04:48 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlJmEIQ3PGeDNHtuT6pSmY81 <![CDATA[Mental health diagnosis: looking at a grey area through a critical lens]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlLQinnGuR-zjarkJyTkC_2b This article takes a critical look at the positive and negative aspects of receiving a mental health diagnosis and alternatives to the medical model of diagnosis. This article comes with a handout for a journal club discussion

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]]> Mon, 20 Sep 2021 05:54:59 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlLQinnGuR-zjarkJyTkC_2b <![CDATA[Covid-19 surge in Northern Ireland leaving nurses ‘fearful and exhausted’]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlJrv_X47EE9okZPHFZJLI3I Northern Ireland’s health minister has requested military assistance to support its struggling and under-pressure health and care services, as nurses warn they are working amid the “worst conditions they have ever had to face”. A stark message from Robin Swann stressed services in the country…

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]]> Fri, 17 Sep 2021 18:31:03 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlJrv_X47EE9okZPHFZJLI3I <![CDATA[Chief nursing information officer helps launch new digital safety strategy]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlJrv_X47EE9oqgHTd9OkkKt A new and first-of-its-kind NHS strategy has been launched to ensure technologies used in health and care are safe and to help promote their use in improving patient safety. As part of this, a commitment has been made to expand access to digital clinical safety…

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]]> Fri, 17 Sep 2021 17:09:29 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlJrv_X47EE9oqgHTd9OkkKt <![CDATA[Abuse in the home and the role of the nurse in the community]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlJrv_X47EE9oqJCIqJppjfU Domestic abuse in the home is a safeguarding issue. This article outlines the signs of abuse and discusses how nurses can respond if they have concerns

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]]> Fri, 17 Sep 2021 15:33:32 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlJrv_X47EE9oqJCIqJppjfU <![CDATA[Staff health and wellbeing pledge made by Calderdale and Huddersfield]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlLfOHd9JMJu1iVCAQLB0bf5 Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust has become the latest NHS provider to sign a pledge supporting the principles of the Nursing Times Covid-19: Are You OK? campaign. The trust signed up to support the campaign, after its Ellen Armistead, its nursing director and deputy chief executive,…

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]]> Fri, 17 Sep 2021 11:08:53 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlLfOHd9JMJu1iVCAQLB0bf5 <![CDATA[Fix nurse shortages to protect patient safety, government urged]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlLfOHd9JMJu1u4DA87rvhPr Ministers have been urged to take action this World Patient Safety Day to tackle nurse shortages and ensure there are enough staff on shifts to “care properly and safely” for their patients. The Royal College of Nursing has today stressed that the annual awareness day,…

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]]> Fri, 17 Sep 2021 10:18:08 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlLfOHd9JMJu1u4DA87rvhPr <![CDATA[A&E patient survey: ‘Encouraging’ results but warning of rising pressures]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/PR6oHDxWVlLVGYrqDHwroqbel3Iu4GjH The experience of patients attending urgent and emergency services in England has improved, according to the results of a national survey which highlighted the high levels of trust and confidence patients have in the nurses treating them. However, findings also suggested that there has been…

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