Nurses, colleagues and members of the public have been invited to share their experiences of the NHS to help shape the government’s 10-year plan for the health service.  It comes after the new chief nursing officer (CNO) for England appealed directly to primary and community nurses to get ready to have their say when the...
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The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has published a set of employment standards for staff and employers within independent health and social care settings – focusing on pay, wellbeing, workplace culture and more. The standards set out what the college expects employers in the independent sector, including in GP practices and within social care, to...
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Administrative and nursing staff are the two largest staff groups employed by integrated care boards (ICBs) across England, an investigation has revealed. A freedom of information (FOI) request from our sister title Healthcare Leader, to which all 42 ICBs responded, asked for a breakdown of the staff employed by their system. There were 19 ICBs...
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School nurses are playing a major role in giving children safe access to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medication in schools. Beyond delivering secure access to controlled medication, they are helping children to recognise and talk about their ADHD symptoms and any medication side effects they may have. Amid a reported rise in diagnoses and...
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