A man living with cancer died after being given multiple overdoses of morphine
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Scotland has introduced minimum unit pricing for alcohol.
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At the NHS Providers annual conference in Birmingham earlier this month [Nov], NHS Improve
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A 24-hour service offering GP consultations via video link or smartphon
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Draft legislation designed to protect emergency workers from assault in
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Interim chief executive of the International Council of Nurses Thomas K
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To help reduce growing obesity levels and fight the 'super-size snack c
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When health secretary Jeremy Hunt announced that the 1% pay cap for NHS staff had been scr
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In a recent 30,000-strong survey from the RCN, 44% of respondents said
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An initiative to train GP receptionists to ‘navigate’ patients to pharm
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More planning than ever has gone into managing healthcare this winter in England, with NHS
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Since 2014, nurses and nursing students from the UK have been visiting
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Since 2014, nurses and nursing students from the UK have been visiting
Since 2014, nurses and nursing students from the UK have been visiting Zambia and working with the Ministry of Health there to help develop critical care nursing.
Since 2014, nurses and nursing students from the UK have been visiting Zambia and working with the Ministry of Health there to help develop critical care nursing. Major Chris Carter reflects on the benefits of seeing practice from a different perspective.
Written complaints about nurses increased last year, according to NHS Digital, with the profession receiving the second-highest number of complaints among NHS staff in England. Nursing Standard readers have their say.
An investigation by Nursing Standard found that one in four UK nursing students quit before the end of their university course. Of 17,055 who began three-year nursing degree courses due to finish in 2016, 4,284 left without completing their courses or suspended their studies.
Coventry University said last month it will offer bursaries to men who apply for degrees in nursing, midwifery and other healthcare disciplines, giving ten male students £1,000 a year in a bid to address the gender imbalance in these courses.
The chief executive of Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust turned down a £2,500 donation from a charity because it was raised from a fun run in which men dressed up as female nurses in a ‘highly sexualised and demeaning way’.
