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Helen Phelan tells Josie Le Vay about her role, the work her team does, and one man’s incredible story.
The regulator NHS Improvement has appointed a nursing academic as a research fellow for national study on developing ward leaders.
A nurse whose family has worked for the NHS for generations is organising a huge music festival to celebrate the health service’s 70th birthday and raise money for a children’s ward.
Thousands of extraordinary images of nurses delivering care before the NHS came into being have been made available to the public online to mark 70 years of the service.
Nurses and Midwives training grants have been awarded in new charity funding.
Staffing levels at independent acute hospitals are generally good but a review of provision by the Care Quality Commission has found not all nurses have the specialist skills they need.
Employers have not “kept up” with the expectations of younger nurses who want more flexible working options, including opportunities for “career breaks”, which has exacerbated staffing difficulties, a
Four health service trusts in Essex have joined forces with a local university to launch one of the UK’s first two-year registered nurse apprenticeship programmes.
The current “staffing crisis” in the NHS has been a major driver behind the new pay deal, with hopes it will boost recruitment and retention of nurses, say those involved in devising the framework.
A “contentious” proposal by the nursing regulator to allow nurses and midwives to gain prescribing qualifications at earlier points in their careers is still due to go ahead under final plans, but reg

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