Nearly a third (31%) of people aged 45-75 who are providing informal care to elderly family members said they had reduced their working hours or... £6,400 A Year Average Loss As Carer’s Cut Work To Support Elderly Loved Ones appeared first on The Carer.

Nurses in the general paediatric setting need better support to care for children and young people who require nasogastric tube feeding with restraint Nasogastric tube feeding children and young people with restraint appeared first on Nursing Times.

More needs to be done to reduce the risk to patients of injuries caused by leakage of intravenous treatments into surrounding tissues, according to a campaign being run by the National Infusion and Vascular Access Society. More action needed to reduce IV injuries, urges nurse appeared first on Nursing Times.

This article will explore the perceived positive and negative effects of nurse-delivered boxing interventions with an inpatient mental health service from the perspective of service users and staff. A boxing intervention on inpatient mental health wards appeared first on Nursing Times.

An electronic tool has streamlined the screening and management of stroke patients eligible for research studies, allowing co-ordinated follow-up in line with trial protocols. Using an electronic tool to screen patients’ eligibility for clinical trials appeared first on Nursing Times.

The NHS’s top A&E doctor is urging the public to use 111 services this winter, as the health service launches its annual campaign with adverts across online video, radio, podcasts and social media. The campaign comes as the NHS ramps up its plans to deliver the safest possible care this winter, including the delivery of […]

The diversity of nursing support workers, and the different skills they bring to multidisciplinary teams, is being celebrated today as part of Nursing Support Workers Day 2024. Nursing Support Workers Day celebrates diversity of the workforce appeared first on Nursing Times.

NHS teams are delivering more than 300 vaccinations a minute for COVID, flu and RSV in a huge effort to help avoid a ‘tripledemic’ this winter. New analysis of the latest vaccination data (from 30 September to 17 November) shows 335 vaccinations were given for COVID, flu and Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) per minute on average, with […]

Increases to employer national insurance contributions and the minimum wage are set to cost the adult social care sector an additional £2.8bn next year, putting independent social care providers “at risk of collapse”, a new analysis has found. National insurance hike threatens ‘collapse’ of adult social care appeared first on Nursing Times.

Former health and social care secretary Matt Hancock has been questioned on his claims the NHS was not “overwhelmed” during the pandemic, and on his response to the initial outbreak of Covid-19 in 2020. Hancock: NHS ‘withstood’ pressure during Covid appeared first on Nursing Times.

Innovative IT software designed to tackle waiting lists and reduce discharge delays has been rolled out across more than two thirds of the NHS. The NHS Federated Data Platform securely brings together data currently held in separate systems, making it easier for staff to access key information so they can provide quicker and more joined-up […]

The dilution of critical care nursing rations in Wales was necessary to cope with the pandemic but likely resulted in poorer care for patients, former health minister Vaughan Gething has said. Diluting nurse ratios during Covid was necessary, says ex-minister appeared first on Nursing Times.