The nursing contribution to public health
With the recent appointment of Viv Bennett as Director of Nursing in the Department of Health and the Government’s Principal Advisor on Public Health Nursing, we consider the nurses contribution to...
View ArticleApply now for the Mary Seacole Awards 2012/13
Applications are invited from individual nurses, midwives and health visitors in England to participate in the prestigious Mary Seacole Awards programme for 2012/13. These awards provide the...
View ArticleThe personal touch for healthcare
Having the freedom to make choices about our health is something we all value and is a key principle of the transformation of the NHS. But when complex care is needed, an individual relies on the...
View ArticleProfile: crossing boundaries – nurses take on commissioning
Helen Squires is a qualified learning disability (LD) nurse who for the last eleven years has worked as a health care coordinator for Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) NHS Foundation Trust. Over...
View ArticleVision and model for school nursing sets out framework for local services
A vision and call to action for school nursing services is published today. It sets out an ambition that the service vision and model for school nursing services developed through the School Nursing...
View ArticleStrengthening The Commitment: The Report of the UK Modernising Learning...
An expected rise in the number of people with learning disabilities means the nursing workforce will need to adapt, according to a new report published today. The report aims to ensure that people with...
View ArticleLearning disabilities nursing review launched in Wales
Lesley Griffiths, Minister for Health and Social Services for the Welsh Government and Jean White, CNO for Wales, have attended the Welsh launch of the national review into modernising learning...
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