Trust sets up C-section team to provide continuity of care
A trust in Northamptonshire has developed a dedicated midwifery team to ensure mothers-to-be who need to have a planned caesarean section receive “continuous and personal” care. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - July 17, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Digital nurse obs system 'step forward' in mental health care
A mental health trust has introduced a digital patient monitoring system after an evaluation found it enabled nurses to carry out vital checks on patients without disturbing their sleep. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - July 17, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
A & E crisis expansion ahead of target but more nurses needed
Every major A&E department in England now has a specialist crisis team in place to treat people with mental health needs but more nurses are needed to provide top-level care, new research shows. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - July 16, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Study finds C. difficile still on surgical gowns after disinfectant use
The superbug Clostridium difficile remains on surgical gowns used in hospitals even after being treated with the recommended amount of disinfectant, a new study has warned. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - July 16, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Baroness Watkins calls for forgivable loans as nurses hit Parliament
An influential nurse peer is calling on the next prime minister to “seriously consider” introducing forgivable loans for nursing students as a solution to the recruitment crisis. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - July 16, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Legacy of late health visitor to fund specialist training bursaries
Money left in the will of a former nurse to improve healthcare in Birmingham will allow 10 health visitors to access specialist training in how best to support families who experience a multiple birth. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - July 16, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Simon Stevens' shock bursary comments show loans 'not working'
The chief executive of a leading health think tank has welcomed recent surprise comments by NHS England boss Simon Stevens around student nurse funding as recognition that the current loans system is not working. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - July 16, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Medicines regulator issues warning over faulty allergy pens
Health professionals have been urged to get into contact with all patients who use an Emerade adrenaline pen to manage their allergies after it emerged that some devices on the market may be faulty. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - July 15, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
'Undervalued' Lincolnshire health visitors hit the picket line
Health visitors in Lincolnshire have today begun a 48-hour walk-out in an “unsettling” pay dispute that has reportedly led to staff quitting their jobs and even the profession altogether. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - July 15, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Buckinghamshire to grow its own student nurses for first time
Student nurses in Buckinghamshire will be able to complete their training without having to leave the county for the first time thanks to an extended partnership between a university and trust. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - July 15, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
HEE spells out strategy for boosting nursing workforce in 2019-20
Shortages in nursing are “the single biggest challenge” faced by England’s national health education and training body, which has set out how it plans to boost the nursing workforce in the coming year. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - July 15, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Exclusive: Understaffing and bureaucracy blocking nurse innovation
Most nurses have ideas for how to improve the service in which they work but less than one in five feel like their suggestions would be acted upon if they brought them forward, according to a new survey. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - July 15, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Exclusive: Nurse reveals why she spearheaded modern slavery project
A specialist nurse has told how joining arms with the police in a series of covert operations has helped vulnerable women who have been sex trafficked into the country get vital health support that they would not otherwise receive. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - July 12, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Exclusive: NMC considers using patient impact statements in FtP trials
The Nursing and Midwifery Council is exploring the introduction of “personal experience statements” to enable people to communicate the impact of substandard care on their life and wellbeing in a radical move that could see the body “treading new ground for a regulator”. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - July 12, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Winterbourne View family supporting NMC learning disability overhaul
A mother whose son suffered “hideous” abuse at the hands of nursing staff is working with the professional regulator to help it improve the way it handles cases involving people with learning disabilities. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - July 12, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
