A man living with cancer died after being given multiple overdoses of morphine
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A new advisory forum will help the Nursing and Midwifery Council stay i
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Staff shortages and cuts to nurse leadership are worldwide problems for
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The scrapping of the 1% pay cap shows that Jeremy Hunt has listened to
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Nurses and allied health professionals are far less likely than doctors
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To mark International Infection Prevention Week, specialists are calling on health pr
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Dispatched to the pharmacy for medication to ease a friend’s bowel problems, Jane Bates wo
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With 8am surgery seen as too early a start, and evening appointments deemed too late, roun
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When staff work in terms to decide how to improve care, results can be highly effecti
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With a third of general practice nurses due to retire by 2020, it is vital that we support
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Constantly rearranging a medical appointment due to work and family commitments is causing
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Self-diagnosis via the internet: democratisation of health or dangerous mistake?
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Challenges facing the planet have major health implications, which require action not
NHS Blood and Transplant is calling for 40,000 new black blood donors to help save the lives of patients with sickle cell disease, the most common and fastest-growing genetic blood disease in the UK.
Thrombectomy can transform people’s recovery after stroke but access to treatment still depends on a good understanding of symptoms and local care pathways.
A global movement to get patients up, dressed and moving started with a conversation in a hospital in the Australian outback.
The once ubiquitous safety pin is now never seen on ward, a victim of Health and Safety. Yet they harmed no one and helped many, says Jane Bates.
More people die from IPF than are killed on the roads each year, but few nurses or doctors have much experience of the disease.
District nurses are experts in the co-ordination and delivery of complex care in people’s homes, and recruiting more of them could ease winter pressures on hospitals, says QNI chief executive Crystal Oldman.
