Student editor Jen Winch shares her experience of placement within a nursing home. ‘Real nursing happens in nursing homes too’ appeared first on Nursing Times.

The Adult Social Care Displaced Worker Scheme offers targeted funding to adult social care employers based in Scotland to recruit displaced adult social care workers who are already in the UK.

Clinical skills educator Beauty Kasani-Hall shares with Nursing Times what she enjoys most about her role. ‘I am very passionate about educating and inspiring others’ appeared first on Nursing Times.

Andy Burnham has pledged to do more to lift up the social care workforce, providing reforms on pay, training and bringing it into closer alignment with the NHS workforce. Burnham pledges to ‘lift up’ social care workforce as part of reforms appeared first on Nursing Times.

To mark South Asian Heritage Month, Shaida Ghazala Akhtar, Founder and President of the Pakistani Nurses and Midwives Association (PNMA-UK), reflects on her jou

There has been a steepling increase in nurses working in the capital reporting violence and aggression at work, according to figures released by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN). Attacks against nursing staff in London grow by 252% in five years  appeared first on Nursing Times.

The heatwaves during May and June this year caused nearly 3,000 excess deaths across England, according to latest estimates by public health agencies. Heat-associated deaths ‘already approaching’ annual record appeared first on Nursing Times.

The Nursing and Midwifery (NMC) has welcomed the Government’s call for evidence on the professions and roles which will in future be allowed to describe themsel

A new initiative to improve the wellbeing of nurses and midwives in both health and social care through compassionate leadership is being launched this week. Charity launches compassionate leadership hub to boost workforce wellbeing appeared first on Nursing Times.

Elderly and frail patients aged 81 and over are worst affected by the ongoing crisis in A&E, which often leaves those admitted to hospital waiting for a bed to become available in inappropriate places like corridors and cupboards. Over 2 in 5 of Most Elderly Patients Wait Over 12 Hours in A&E appeared first on The Carer.

The cost of dependency-forming medicines prescribed in England has more than halved since 2016/17. New data published by the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) shows the cost fell by 57% between 2016/17 and 2025/26, from £756 million to £325 million. Prescriptions For Dependency-Forming Medicines Cost NHS £431 Million Less Than In 2016/17, New Figures Show appeared first on The Carer.

The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGSCO) is urging councils and care providers to ensure consistently high standards of end of life care, warning that failures during a person's final days can have a lasting impact on bereaved families. Ombudsman Calls on Councils and Care Homes to Improve End of Life Care appeared first on The Carer.