'Lansley must listen to nurses on the front line'
Ann Shuttleworth
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'Hiving off important responsibilities devalues nurses' skills'
News that a West Midlands trust is to extend a scheme whereby unemployed people deliver patient care makes me deeply uncomfortable.
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'We must recognise when medical intervention is inappropriate'
One parent has cancer, and has been on the Liverpool Care Pathway for weeks. She and her family have received excellent care and support, which has focused on keeping her comfortable and offering emotional and practical support to her and her loved ones.
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'The battle for nurse representation on CCG boards isn't over'
After all, who would ever assume the bulk of NHS care commissioning could be done effectively without the involvement of the largest group of health professionals.
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'Many nurses would not wish to administer the drugs to end an intolerable life'
The subject of assisted suicide, it seems, just won’t go away.
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'Tackling drug use costs the UK eye-watering sums'
Our Practice section contains two articles about the use of illegal drugs – one about the legal and ethical issues nurses face when their patients use cannabis for therapeutic reasons, and one discussing nurses’ attitudes to substance users, and whether drugs should be decriminalised.
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