Nurses are crucial in combatting malnutrition Malnutrition Awareness Week (October 11-17) is an opportunity to focus on what we can do better to improve patient nutrition and hydration Help the NMC shape nursing’s future The NMC wants to play a leading role in driving up standards and enabling better, safer care, writes Andrea Sutcliffe When a statistic becomes a tragedy Suicide awareness and intervention should be as fundamental to nursing as basic life support. A nurse's intervention could literally save a life. Celebrating those within the NHS and outside of it It was the 70th anniversary of the NHS on 5 July 2018 and many NHS organisations celebrated with their staff Where next for the NMC? With registration fees having risen by 58% at a time when NHS pay has been painfully squeezed, editor Mike Shallcross discusses the future of the NMC. Q&A The RCN's Peter Carter The RCN's chief executive and general secretary discusses the focus on primary care nurses, their pay, and training and developing the workforce with Rita Som. Why does the NMC keep raising fees? A selection of letters sent in this month from our readers. Q&A The NMC's Jackie Smith In the first of a series of interviews with nursing leaders and key figures within the profession, the Nursing and Midwifery Council's chief executive discusses nurse revalidation and fees with Rita Som. Fitness to practise At the time of going to press, the NMC Council will have just commenced a meeting at which they will discuss changes to nurse revalidation, and the options available. Taking real action on nursing education It was a privilege to be asked to provide evidence to the Willis Commission. There are three key things which need action following the report Quality with Compassion: the future of nursing education. These are: a sustainable funding model; a career pathw NMC fee increase is difficult to justify NMC fee increase is difficult to justify
Nurses are crucial in combatting malnutrition Malnutrition Awareness Week (October 11-17) is an opportunity to focus on what we can do better to improve patient nutrition and hydration
Help the NMC shape nursing’s future The NMC wants to play a leading role in driving up standards and enabling better, safer care, writes Andrea Sutcliffe
When a statistic becomes a tragedy Suicide awareness and intervention should be as fundamental to nursing as basic life support. A nurse's intervention could literally save a life.
Celebrating those within the NHS and outside of it It was the 70th anniversary of the NHS on 5 July 2018 and many NHS organisations celebrated with their staff
Where next for the NMC? With registration fees having risen by 58% at a time when NHS pay has been painfully squeezed, editor Mike Shallcross discusses the future of the NMC.
Q&A The RCN's Peter Carter The RCN's chief executive and general secretary discusses the focus on primary care nurses, their pay, and training and developing the workforce with Rita Som.
Q&A The NMC's Jackie Smith In the first of a series of interviews with nursing leaders and key figures within the profession, the Nursing and Midwifery Council's chief executive discusses nurse revalidation and fees with Rita Som.
Fitness to practise At the time of going to press, the NMC Council will have just commenced a meeting at which they will discuss changes to nurse revalidation, and the options available.
Taking real action on nursing education It was a privilege to be asked to provide evidence to the Willis Commission. There are three key things which need action following the report Quality with Compassion: the future of nursing education. These are: a sustainable funding model; a career pathw