http://www.nursingtimes.net http://www.nursingtimes.net http://www.nursingtimes.net/magazine/graphics/logo.png http://www.nursingtimes.net http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/management/exclusive-francis-criticises-nurse-leadership/5058442.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/management/exclusive-francis-criticises-nurse-leadership/5058442.article The nursing profession and its leaders have failed to adequately respond to the problems highlighted by the care failings at Mid Staffordshire, according to Robert Francis QC. shaun.lintern@emap.com (Shaun Lintern) Tue, 14 May 2013 00:01 GMT http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/management/exclusive-duty-of-candour-must-also-apply-to-staff/5058464.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/management/exclusive-duty-of-candour-must-also-apply-to-staff/5058464.article Plans to introduce a statutory “duty of candour” on NHS providers will not work on its own and will leave patients at risk, according to Robert Francis QC. shaun.lintern@emap.com (Shaun Lintern) Tue, 14 May 2013 00:01 GMT http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/accident-and-emergency/nhs-leaders-unveil-plan-to-help-struggling-aes/5058466.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/accident-and-emergency/nhs-leaders-unveil-plan-to-help-struggling-aes/5058466.article Accident and emergency services have “deteriorated significantly”, NHS officials have conceded as they set out plans to improve the service. Fri, 10 May 2013 11:18 GMT http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/leadership/cqc-calls-for-cumberland-infirmary-to-improve-patient-care/5058460.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/leadership/cqc-calls-for-cumberland-infirmary-to-improve-patient-care/5058460.article An NHS hospital which is being investigated by health officials for having higher than expected mortality rates is falling short on three national standards for care, the health regulator said. Fri, 10 May 2013 10:09 GMT http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/management/next-steps-in-hca-work-for-nursing-students-plan-unveiled/5058441.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/management/next-steps-in-hca-work-for-nursing-students-plan-unveiled/5058441.article Around 200 students on paid placements will test out controversial government plans to require future nurses to spend up to a year working as a healthcare assistant before starting their degree. steve.ford@emap.com (Steve Ford) Fri, 10 May 2013 00:04 GMT http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/management/queens-speech-new-legislation-to-cut-migrant-access-to-nhs-care/5058375.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/management/queens-speech-new-legislation-to-cut-migrant-access-to-nhs-care/5058375.article Curbs on access to NHS care by migrants and responses to the Francis report will be included in future legislation announced today in the Queen’s Speech. steve.ford@emap.com (Steve Ford) Wed, 8 May 2013 12:48 GMT http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/management/keogh-inspection-begins-at-basildon-hospital/5058372.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/management/keogh-inspection-begins-at-basildon-hospital/5058372.article Inspectors entered Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust yesterday as part of the national review into acute trusts with higher than expected mortality rates. steve.ford@emap.com (Steve Ford) Wed, 8 May 2013 12:18 GMT http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/management/nhs-failing-to-listen-and-learn-says-ombudsman/5058111.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/management/nhs-failing-to-listen-and-learn-says-ombudsman/5058111.article There are “systematic problems” with NHS hospitals failing to listen and learn from patient complaints, the Health Service Ombudsman has warned. Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:54 GMT http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/educators/trainee-nurse-drop-outs-waste-100m/5057904.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/educators/trainee-nurse-drop-outs-waste-100m/5057904.article Calls to reduce the £100m “wasted” on trainee nurses who drop out before their course is over by requiring applicants to have some care experience have been rejected by the Royal College of Nursing. sarah.calkin@emap.com (Sarah Calkin) Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:57 GMT http://www.nursingtimes.net/whats-new-in-nursing/news-topics/health-workforce/willis-give-patients-access-to-hca-training-records/5057887.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nursingtimes.net/whats-new-in-nursing/news-topics/health-workforce/willis-give-patients-access-to-hca-training-records/5057887.article Patients and relatives should be allowed to check the training records of healthcare assistants in a bid to make employers take more responsibility, an influential member of the House of Lords has said. sarah.calkin@emap.com (Sarah Calkin) Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:21 GMT http://www.nursingtimes.net/whats-new-in-nursing/news-topics/health-workforce/rcn-rejects-split-calls-in-row-with-hunt/5057781.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nursingtimes.net/whats-new-in-nursing/news-topics/health-workforce/rcn-rejects-split-calls-in-row-with-hunt/5057781.article The Royal College of Nursing Congress has almost unanimously rejected calls for the organisation to split into two in a direct rebuttal to criticisms from the health secretary that there is a conflict of interest in the current set up. sarah.calkin@emap.com (Sarah Calkin) Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:20 GMT http://www.nursingtimes.net/whats-new-in-nursing/news-topics/health-workforce/peter-carter-rcn-let-down-by-the-government-over-staffing/5057764.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nursingtimes.net/whats-new-in-nursing/news-topics/health-workforce/peter-carter-rcn-let-down-by-the-government-over-staffing/5057764.article The Francis report was a “missed opportunity” to address nurse staffing levels, the head of the Royal College of Nursing has told congress. sarah.calkin@emap.com (Sarah Calkin) Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:52 GMT http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/management/nurses-struggling-to-provide-care-on-stretched-wards/5057683.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/management/nurses-struggling-to-provide-care-on-stretched-wards/5057683.article Nurses are struggling to deliver safe patient care due to chronic understaffing and a heavy burden of bureaucracy, according to two major union surveys. shaun.lintern@emap.com (Shaun Lintern) Mon, 22 Apr 2013 00:01 GMT http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/whistleblowing/nurses-free-to-speak-out-on-concerns-despite-gag-clauses-says-dh/5057668.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/whistleblowing/nurses-free-to-speak-out-on-concerns-despite-gag-clauses-says-dh/5057668.article The government has asked the Nursing and Midwifery Council to alert all registered nurses that they are free to speak out over concerns. shaun.lintern@emap.com (Shaun Lintern) Mon, 22 Apr 2013 00:01 GMT http://www.nursingtimes.net/nurses-should-not-assume-acting-differently-to-mid-staffs-staff-says-tsar/5057611.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nursingtimes.net/nurses-should-not-assume-acting-differently-to-mid-staffs-staff-says-tsar/5057611.article Nurses and other clinicians should not assume they would have acted differently to staff at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust, the government’s new patient safety tsar has warned. sarah.calkin@emap.com (Sarah Calkin) Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:51 GMT