A drop in confidence in NHS staff feeling able to speak up about clinical safety issues has been described as “concerning” by the National Guardian’s Office. Concern over downward trend in speaking up about clinical safety appeared first on Nursing Times.

A total of 16 nurses and midwives are known to have died by suicide in the last six years while under or having concluded a fitness to practise investigation, the Nursing and Midwifery Council has confirmed. Fitness to practise: 16 die by suicide while under investigation appeared first on Nursing Times.

GP teams delivered more than 28.7 million appointments in June 2024 – up one fifth on the same period pre-pandemic, new figures published today show. Excluding vaccinations, this means practices are delivering a fifth more appointments than in June 2019, when 22.8 million appointments took place. NHS services have provided 372.3 million appointments, which is […]

Silvana Gastaldi, Rose Gallagher, Monica Ronco, Alessia Arcangeli, Giovanni Civile, Maria Gabriela Festa, Raffaella Rossetti, Giulia Zavagno and Maria Mongardi on targeting glove misuse. ‘Addressing the challenge of glove misuse requires targeted strategies’ appeared first on Nursing Times.

A perfect storm of increased demand of O type blood from hospitals following the recent cyber attack which has impacted London hospitals and reduced collections... NHS Calls National Blood Shortage Amber Alert appeared first on The Carer.

A Derbyshire care home became a mini zoo of weird and wonderful creatures during an animal assisted therapy session. A corn snake, tarantula, tortoise, bearded... Elderly Benefit From Mini Zoo Experience At Their Chesterfield Care Home appeared first on The Carer.

Craig Adamson of the Fairview House Care Home in Aberdeen has been crowned Nurse of the year for the North Division in the Barchester Care... Local Nurse Scoops Coveted Care Title appeared first on The Carer.

Not-for-profit dementia specialist Belong has named Caroline Anthony as the new general manager for its Crewe village, marking a step up for the highly experienced... New Manager Takes The Helm At Belong Crewe appeared first on The Carer.

The National Association of Care Catering (NACC) Executive Board today visited care home, Arkall Manor, for an immersive experience lasting a full 24 hours. The... NACC Board Experience A Day In The Life Of Arkall Manor appeared first on The Carer.

Integrated Care Systems are not doing enough to put the vulnerable people they support at the heart of what they do, according to a new... Councils And NHS Need To Work More Closely To Improve Local Care appeared first on The Carer.

Three of Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust’s longest serving nurses received the chief nursing officer for England’s silver award this week.   Trust celebrates outstanding contribution of three long-serving nurses appeared first on Nursing Times.

The chair of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has defended his position at the regulator, despite ongoing calls for him to stand down following a damning review into the organisation’s culture. NMC chair defends leadership position amid calls to resign appeared first on Nursing Times.