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A message from the Chief Nurse for Adult Social Care, Deborah Sturdy

The 12th May each year is the focus for nursing globally. As we celebrate the birthday of Florence Nightingale. As a community of millions of practitioners worldwide, nurses provide essential health and social care delivery to citizens throughout the life course. In the UK nurses rem...


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Deborah Sturdy, Chief Nurse for Adult Social Care, looks back at 2025 and the year to come.
Image created by freepik.com A New Year message of thanks and hope for adult social care

Happy New Year! I hope every adult social care colleague, carer and those accessing care and support ...


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Winter is here. The days are short, the air is cold, and flu started circulating around 5 weeks earlier than usual this season, with a flu virus called H3N2 causing most of the cases so far. The H3N2 virus that we are seeing is known as a ‘drifted’ virus, because the virus has picked up a few more changes over the summer months than we would usually expect to see. The goo...


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