Nursing needs its leaders to respond to FrancisNursing Times
Amy Taylor
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Nursing professor suspended over allegations of inappropriate relationship
3-May-2011
A leading nursing academic has been suspended from the register for 18 months over allegations he was having a sexual relationship with a vulnerable service user and inappropriately accepted £6,000 from them. -
Kent mental health trust to shed 20 nursing posts
30-Apr-2011
Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust is expecting to cut around 20 qualified nursing positions over 2011-12, Nursing Times has learned. -
Midwife shortage at Croydon hospital highlighted by regulator
28-Apr-2011
Croydon University Hospital has been ordered to take action to address shortages of midwives in its maternity unit by the Care Quality Commission. -
Nursing school under threat of closure
15-Feb-2011
The future of one of the UK’s top nursing schools is in doubt, sparking fears that others will also close as education budget cuts start to bite. -
Pay student nurses salaries, says Unison Scotland in manifesto
15-Feb-2011
Student nurses in Scotland should be employed on “proper salaries” rather than given bursaries, in order to tackle course drop-out rates, Unison Scotland has said in a manifesto for public services. -
New director at national research unit to lead on health visiting
11-Feb-2011
A new director has been appointed at the National Nursing Research Unit (NNRU) at King’s College London. -
Trust appoints nurses to support hospital patients with learning disabilities
11-Feb-2011
Two extra nurses to work with patients with learning disabilities when they go to hospital in Lincolnshire have been appointed. -
Senior nurses face role reassessment
11-Feb-2011
All senior nurses at the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust are set to have their jobs reassessed and some may be downgraded. -
Nurses must not let their views on NHS efficiency savings be brushed off by politicians
11-Feb-2011
Nurses have been told they must highlight the effects of NHS efficiencies on the quality of services and not let politicians label them as simply having a vested interest. -
RCN chief warns health inequalities will worsen if nurses left out of health bill
11-Feb-2011
Health inequalities and variations in NHS care quality could worsen if the role of nurses in GP consortia commissioning is not written into the Health and Social Care Bill 2011, the head of the Royal College of Nursing warned MPs this week. -
Nurse-led service reduces waiting times for painful hand condition
11-Feb-2011
A nurse led service providing treatment for a painful hand condition caused by pressure on a nerve in the wrist has been praised for reducing patient waiting and recovery times and saving money. -
NMC refutes dumbing down of EU nurse entry requirements
11-Feb-2011
The Nursing and Midwifery Council has reacted angrily to a Daily Mail story suggesting it is lowering entry requirements for European Union trained nurses and said that the article was inaccurate. -
Back injuries among NHS staff must be cut says charity
10-Feb-2011
NHS staff who injure their backs at work are costing the service over £400m a year – enough to employ 16, 000 nurses over the same period, according to a new publication from the charity BackCare. -
Voluntary pay-off scheme could lead to nurse exodus
7 September 2010
Nurses and other NHS staff are being given until the end of October to decide whether they want to leave their jobs in exchange for up to a year’s salary. -
Nurses and healthcare assistants forced to retire
31 August 2010
Eleven nurses and 21 healthcare assistants have been forced to retire by an East Midlands primary care trust despite the government’s plans to scrap the default age for retirement from October next year. -
Single sex hospital wards hindered by bed shortages
24 August 2010
Two thirds of nurses say their trust still places patients in mixed sex accommodation, with a quarter saying it occurs every day. -
PCT shuts out of hours service
17 August 2010
A London primary care trust has shut its district night nurse service saying there has not been sufficient patient demand to justify it. -
Nurses with drink and drug cautions to face NMC assessment
29-Jul-2010
New medical assessments for nurses with a caution or conviction for an alcohol or drug related offence must help people to address any underlying health conditions, a union has warned. -
Public health nurses face shift to councils
20 July 2010
The majority of public health nurses and some health visitors could be transferred to local authority control under the white paper’s proposals. -
Urgent care role likely for nurses
20 July 2010
More nurses and fewer doctors could make up out of hours services as GP commissioners attempt to reduce costs in a tough economic climate, the Royal College of Nursing has predicted. -
NHS boards recognise role of nursing in raising quality
13 July 2010
More than half the measures chosen by hospital trusts to demonstrate their quality of care are nursing indicators, analysis by Nursing Times shows. -
Palliative care funding to be reviewed
13 July 2010
An independent review of palliative care funding must look at accountability to ensure money is passed on to hospices, as well as bringing an end to the postcode lottery in resourcing, according to end of life care charities. -
24/7 palliative care nursing still patchy
9-Jul-2010
Round the clock community nursing support for end of life care patients remains available in only half of primary care trusts in England, a charity has claimed.
