How to use psychosocial interventions effectively to enhance quality of life for palliative patients. Psychosocial interventions in palliative and end-of-life care appeared first on Nursing Times.

How a shortage of clinical placements for first year undergraduate nurses led to the successful development of a six-week simulated training placement, blending eLearning and traditional placements. A blended approach to practice simulation in undergraduate nursing appeared first on Nursing Times.

The NHS is providing advanced eye scans closer to home for tens of thousands of people with diabetes which could save up to 120,000 hospital appointments a year and help prevent life-changing sight loss. People with diabetes can develop a condition known as diabetic retinopathy, which is caused by high blood sugar levels damaging the […]

The number of people being admitted to hospital following a stroke has risen by 28% in the last 20 years, new NHS analysis has found. NHS England data shows an increase to 111,137 stroke admissions in England in 2023/24 – from 87,069 in 2004/05 – driven in part by an ageing population and the impacts […]

Pearl Avery is an experienced Crohn’s & Colitis UK inflammatory bowel disease nurse specialist. Smoothing the path to diagnosis: tackling gut problems with a joined-up approach appeared first on Nursing Times.

The leader of a hospice forced to make nurses redundant and cut beds due to funding difficulties has welcomed a hint by Wes Streeting at upcoming financial support for the sector, but warned that a long-term solution is needed. Hospices welcome potential bail out but want long-term solution appeared first on Nursing Times.

The SSSC and NHS Education for Scotland (NES) have been working together with partners since April 2024 to deliver an online Career Opportunities Tool that will encourage more workers to join and to stay in the adult social care, children and young people’s workforce.

A national campaign to improve pay and recognition for healthcare assistants continues to ramp up, as staff in the South West of England celebrate a victory while Welsh workers prepare for a strike. HCA pay campaign: victory in South West and strikes in Wales appeared first on Nursing Times.

Juliette Cosgrove, chief nurse and managing director of the NHS Professionals (NHSP) Academy is delighted to see the increased demand for clinical supervision programmes. Why clinical supervision is essential for professional practice and today’s workforce appeared first on Nursing Times.

There will be further delays to the Nursing and Midwifery Council's work around regulating advanced practice, Nursing Times can reveal. Further delays to NMC advanced practice regulation appeared first on Nursing Times.

Despite still being early in her career, nurse and student midwife Sana Gul Baloch has established herself as a force for change. Nurses can be leaders ‘without leaving the bedside’ appeared first on Nursing Times.

Residents and members of staff at HC-One’s Dove Court care home, in Burnley, Lancashire have celebrated World Kindness Day with each other by calling out... Burnley Care Home Celebrates World Kindness Day appeared first on The Carer.