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Nursing bank shift pay cuts: illustration showing a hand holding a pair of scissors as the person starts to cut into a red UK pound sign

Many nurses work bank shifts as a way to boost their income and also to provide staffing c

29 Apr 2025
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To address adverse childhood experiences changes to health, economic and gender inequalities as well as discrimination need to be faced up to. A nurse smiles and talks with a young girl in a hospital bed

The childhoods of an increasing number of children and young people are marred by poverty,

24 Apr 2025
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Nurse dishonesty: CV has the word ‘false’ stamped across it in red letters

The public trusts nurses more than any other professional group.

11 Mar 2025
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Nurses performing CPR: debrief conversations as well as education updates are essential

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation training to keep nurses’ skills and knowledge up to date is

18 Feb 2025
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4.3 million children in the UK are now living in poverty according to the Joseph Roundtree Foundation

The Joseph Roundtree Foundation reports that 4.3 million children in the UK live in povert

17 Feb 2025
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Regulation of NHS managers: an NHS manager speaks to a staff member at a hospital nurses station

A proposal to establish a regulatory body for NHS managers is in consultation and could se

21 Jan 2025
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Children’s hospice care: children are living longer, with more complexity and technology dependence than ever before: a nurse comforts a child with a teddy bear in a hospice bed

Children’s hospices have evolved to meet the changing needs of children, but need among ch

18 Dec 2024
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New NHS national uniforms in different colourways are designed to better distinguish nursing and other occupational groups 

Nurses in England’s NHS are to start wearing a national uniform, in a gradual adoption of

03 Dec 2024
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A student nurse cares for an injured older patient. Placements help students build confidence and experience through hands-on care

Hundreds of nurse graduates have been told by the Nursing and Midwifery Council that they

19 Nov 2024
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A nuse smiles at child as mother looks on. 29% of children in England are living in poverty, fewer are being immunised and there are growing health inequalities with more of the poorest becoming obese

Lord Darzi’s review of the NHS in England exposes the state of healthcare for children and

20 Oct 2024
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Newly qualified nurses are having to seek employment elsewhere to make ends meet, such as in coffee shops or in retail. Picture shows a female barista making coffee

Newly registered nurses unable to get jobs in the NHS are having to seek employment elsewh

14 Oct 2024
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Patients can be misled when the word ‘nurse’ is part of the title of a non-registered role

Misleading job titles in nursing imply our work is so minor that being a nurse amounts to

16 Sep 2024

Sometimes a child’s reliance on medical technology can have a negative effect on families,

14 Aug 2024

Nurse retention, burnout and low morale are challenges with a deliciously simple solution –

13 Aug 2024

Nurse’s six-month suspension for taking paracetamol tablets from a ward supply is hard to s

02 Jul 2024

Children’s nurse Dame Elizabeth Fradd, who died on 12 May, was a champion for children, you

26 Jun 2024

It’s not hard to imagine the terrible pressures in the emergency department where care fail

14 May 2024

Children’s nurses should advise parents and pregnant women to book an appointment to get va

15 Apr 2024

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