Nursing needs its leaders to respond to FrancisNursing Times
Alison Moore
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Great Western Hospitals awarded funds for maternity upgrade
8-Apr-2013
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been awarded £400,000 to upgrade it maternity unit – The Princess Anne Wing – based at the Royal United Hospital in Bath. -
Warrington FT consults on 200 posts cut
8-Apr-2013
Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation is set to axe 200 posts as part of plans to meet national efficiency targets over the next year. -
NHS spending 20% more on temporary nursing staff
26-Mar-2013
Spending on agency and bank nurses is soaring this year, driven by staffing cuts and increasing demands on services, an investigation by Nursing Times has revealed. -
Brighton and Sussex to beef up whistleblowing policy
25-Mar-2013
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust is considering reshaping its approach to whistleblowing. -
Luton and Beds 111 to be provided by ambulance trust
1-Oct-2012
NHS 111 services in Luton and Bedfordshire will be provided by the East of England Ambulance Service Trust after it won through in a tendering process. -
Staff face parking charge hike at Ipswich
1-Oct-2012
Staff will have to pay more to park at Ipswich Hospital while visitors will be allowed to park for up to 30 minutes free of change and pay less for longer stays. -
Nursing posts under threat at Hinchingbrooke
14-Aug-2012
Nearly 50 nursing posts could be axed at a trust taken over by the private sector earlier this year, Nursing Times has learnt. -
RCN lobbies for equal pay in senior public health roles
2-Jul-2012
Nurses in senior public health posts should receive similar pay to doctors doing the same roles, the Royal College of Nursing has said. -
CQC inspections reveal failure to meet standards on drugs and staffing
28-Jun-2012
Medicines management and staffing have been identified as key issues in a quarter of health and social care sites judged to be failing to meet essential standards of care. -
Card to help nurses communicate with patients
13-Jun-2012
Nurses in Worcestershire are being urged to “play their ACE card” to improve communications with patients. -
Nurse-led minor injures unit to close in Suffolk
2-Jun-2012
A nurse-led minor injuries service which treated 23,500 people a year is to close because it led to “increased demands and costs”. -
Trust introduces pledge as part of new nursing strategy
13-May-2012
Nurses are to be put at the heart of patient care at a mental health and learning disability trust in East Anglia, according to a new strategy. -
Nurses pilot pioneering rape forensic service
17 April 2012
Nurses at a Yorkshire walk in centre have been trained to take forensic samples as part of a pilot scheme on sexual abuse and rape. -
Trust looked at compulsory flu jabs for staff
13 March 2012
A foundation trust considered whether the flu jab could be made compulsory for staff, Nursing Times can reveal. -
Unite warns of further strike strike action over pensions
10-Feb-2012
The health union Unite has warned of a “real prospect of strike action” if its members reject the government’s revised pension offer. -
Student nurses withdrawn from Norfolk hospital amid quality concerns
28-Nov-2011
Student nurses have been withdrawn from a troubled foundation trust in Norfolk to allow it to concentrate on “clinical audit activity”, Nursing Times has learnt. -
Patients should not be faced with 'queue' of community nurses
27-Mar-2011
Community matrons will play an increasingly key role in “case managing” care for the rapidly rising number of people with long term conditions, the government’s national clinical lead for quality and productivity has told Nursing Times. -
Midwife-led maternity units under threat
11-Mar-2011
Standalone midwife-led centres are under threat from high costs and falling numbers of deliveries, analysis by Nursing Times sister title Health Service Journal show. -
PCT asked not to claw back wage overpayment
24-Sep-2010
Staff at a primary care trust who were overpaid for up to four years have been asked to pay the money back. -
Does my daughter have swine flu?
7-Jul-2009
It’s been a tough month for my 12-year-old; she dislocated an elbow on an activity trip, was involved in a car accident, and then, last Friday, went down with suspected swine flu. -
Shock Rose Gibb court judgement
28-Apr-2009
Rose Gibb has lost her claim against Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells trust for breach of contract.
