nurses

The NHS will offer to put nurses up in hotels if someone they live with develops coronavirus symptoms to allow them to continue to go to work rather than self-isolate. The scheme was announced today amid concerns about the impact new, strict isolation measures will have on staffing at a time of...

Only a handful of MPs turned out to a Parliamentary debate yesterday on safe nurse staffing. The debate on nurse recruitment and retention was triggered after two petitions gathered more than 200,000 signatures from healthcare staff, patients and members of the public. It comes after Boris...

A student nurse currently on a placement says she loves the NHS, but experiencing how strained it really is before she starts practising as a qualified nurse is disheartening. And another patient through the doors; they’ve had a fall and can’t stand up. Then, a patient with a head injury who’s...

Morale among community nurses is low and many are leaving the service due to stress and an increased workload, a report has claimed. The report from a Welsh assembly committee said the changing nature of healthcare, in particular the move to provide more help in the home and the ageing...

Student nurses are the unseen workforce and vital to patient care. While I am pleased for the thousands of students who will soon be starting their journey to become a registered nurse, it comes with a stark reminder. In November 2015, ministers announced the NHS Student Bursary and tuition fee...

A controversial target of hiring 5,000 foreign nurses a year for at least 15 years has been cut from a flagship plan to deal with the NHS’s staffing crisis, the Observer understands. The move will frustrate health chiefs, who are desperate for a clear strategy to reduce NHS staffing pressures...

The number of mental health nurses in England has slumped by more than a tenth over the past decade, new figures have revealed. This is despite commitments from both Theresa May and her predecessor, David Cameron, to boost resources for mental health services, which many medical professionals...

The number of European nurses arriving in Britain has fallen from about 9,000 to 900 a year since the Brexit referendum, it was revealed today. London has the highest vacancy rate in the country and the ability to lure health professionals from the Continent is seen as a vital in plugging...

Nursing is often described as a vocation; a calling for those who have an innate aptitude for caring. While caring is of course a key part of the job of being a nurse and entwined into everything you do, it is not the only attribute required. Nursing is a graduate-level, knowledge-intensive...

NHS England has today launched the next phase of its nurse recruitment campaign, with a fresh focus on mental health, learning disability and community nursing. The £8m drive – We are the NHS – kicked off in July to coincide with the 70th birthday of the health service and involved TV and radio...

Hi guys, I’ve had to phone in sick to work a few times over the past four months due to high blood sugars. Manager was quite abrupt on the phone today asking if my condition is likely to affect my attendance in the future (well yes it’s likely to). I was wondering if anyone knows if it is...

The NHS is "haemorrhaging" nurses with one in 10 now leaving the NHS in England each year, figures show. More than 33,000 walked away last year, piling pressure on understaffed hospitals and community services. The figures - provided to the BBC by NHS Digital - represent a rise of 20% since...

Nursing leaders today warn the NHS faces a staffing crisis after figures showed a sharp fall in applications for training places. The number applying to be student nurses has dropped from 65,620 to 53,010 - a fall of 12,610 on last year. The fall comes after the Government axed student...

More nurses and midwives are leaving the profession in the UK than joining it, for the first time since 2008, figures show. The number registered in the UK fell by 1,783 to 690,773, in the year to March. The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) said the downward trend had been most pronounced...

As a nurse in accident and emergency I’m the first person you’ll see. I’ll triage you, order your bloods and x-rays, interpret results, get you painkillers, take your blood pressure and pulse and escalate any issues to senior staff. If I suspect or you disclose abuse, I report this. If you are...

The Royal College of Nursing is assessing the mood for strike action in protest over pay. The largest nursing union is asking 270,000 members across the UK whether they want to strike before deciding whether to issue a formal ballot. It says a combination of pay freezes and caps on pay rises...

The NHS could suffer a nursing shortage of up to 42,000 just six years after Brexit, a leaked Government projection claims. Concerns have been raised about the prediction – a worst-case scenario figure produced by civil servants to reflect the case where EU and non-EU nurses stop coming into...

NHS England has said the health service will need more registered nurses by 2020 and has announced a series of reforms to try to increase numbers. The national body has also set out ambitions to boost key clinical workforce numbers as part of its new delivery plan, published today and titled...

Applications by students in England to nursing and midwifery courses at British universities have fallen by 23% after the government abolished NHS bursaries, figures show. Nursing leaders said the sudden slump revealed by the latest university application data was inevitable given that student...

Brexit is set to cause a severe shortage of nurses in the NHS, which is already facing a chronic lack of them in many hospitals, research suggests. Britain’s decision to leave the EU could deprive the health service of nurses from countries such as Spain, Portugal and Ireland, from which it has...