Analysis

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member of NHS staff receives flu jab amid debate about compulsory staff vaccination

Strong views on mandatory staff vaccination show opinion in the profession is polarised

24 Sep 2019
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Illustration shows worried nurse treading a fine line

NHS staff are insured by their employers, but indemnity cover for nurses in independent se

20 Sep 2019
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A young woman with a book and a satchel outside a building with her head in her hands. One in four student nurses leave before the end of their degree. Picture: iStock

A quarter of all UK nursing students fail to complete their degree

03 Sep 2019
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Picture is an image of a magnet drawing small figures towards it. A programme being rolled out across England aims to convince nurses to stay in the NHS.

Retention programme has 800 success stories so far, but can it make&nbs

26 Aug 2019
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Illustration depicts stressed nurse trapped in blood pressure cuff. The Interim NHS People Plan aims to tackle the biggest challenge facing the NHS – a shortage of nurses.

Varied data collection methods make it hard to gauge exact nurse&n

30 Jul 2019
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obese man consults clinician who is holding an 'eat well' leaflet

Health promotion is an NMC requirement, but discussing weight can be difficult for nu

19 Jul 2019
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Liam Barnes and Jenifer Hawkins

The Laura Hyde Foundation campaigns for better mental health support for healthc

12 Jul 2019
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Woman studies on her laptop

Strategies to lure nurses back need to be matched by changes in the workplace

04 Jul 2019
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Stockpiling medicines

What you can do to reassure patients who are concerned about their prescriptions

18 Jun 2019
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Nurse at the patient's bedside

The pressures of short-staffing and how some staff spend breaks sitting wit

28 May 2019
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Congress Audience

Nurses’ pay, staffing levels, clinical issues and bullying to be discussed

16 May 2019
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To mark International Nurses Day we look at the issues shaping the agen

11 May 2019

With every mass-casualty event comes fresh clinical understanding and greater preparedness

20 Apr 2019

The measures needed to protect nursing staff from assaults at work

05 Apr 2019

Nurses open up about the risks to patient safety – and their work-life balance

27 Mar 2019

Three nurses’ accounts of a shift offer a moving insight into daily pressures in the N

04 Mar 2019

The first cohort is about to join the rest of the nurse workforce in England

25 Jan 2019

Every nurse should be trained to support smoking cessation, says lung health task force

18 Jan 2019

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