Specialist palliative care healthcare assistants are being piloted at the emergency department of an NHS trust in England, to support patients at the end of their life and free up other members of staff. Trust trials Marie Curie HCAs in emergency department appeared first on Nursing Times.

Regular visits by pupils of Northgate Primary School in Bridgwater to a neighbouring dementia care home are ‘sparking joy’ all round according to their teachers... Pupil And Resident Get-Togethers ‘Sparking Joy’ appeared first on The Carer.

Professor Max Watson, Director of Project ECHO at Hospice UK, has been awarded an MBE for his contribution to palliative care medicine. Alongside his role... Hospice UK’s Max Watson Recognised In King’s Birthday Honours appeared first on The Carer.

Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting has said he would have wanted Labour’s manifesto proposals on social care to be “more ambitious”. Speaking to the BBC’s... Wes Streeting Wants Labour’s Manifesto Plans On Social Care To Be “More Ambitious” appeared first on The Carer.

A nurse who began his NHS career as a housekeeper has now been appointed as the chief nursing officer at a trust in the North of England. Former NHS housekeeper becomes chief nurse of trust appeared first on Nursing Times.

Practice nurses raise the profile of primary care among pre-registration nursing students with their innovative Nurses on Tour roadshow. This initiative won the Nursing in Primary Care category in the 2023 Nursing Times Awards. Nurses on Tour introduced with student-led health roadshows appeared first on Nursing Times.

Read this article to learn how to conduct an advanced cardiovascular assessment to reveal heart abnormalities and associated symptoms and risk factors. How to conduct a cardiovascular assessment in advanced practice appeared first on Nursing Times.

Congratulations to all the nursing and midwifery professionals who’ve been honoured this year.

NHS staff including paramedics, nurses and doctors are among dozens of frontline workers recognised in the 2024 King’s Birthday Honours list, released today (Friday 14 June). The head of the NHS, Amanda Pritchard, has said the awards recognise the dedication and skill of NHS staff. Among the staff recognised for their hard work and dedication […]

More than a dozen nurses and midwives have been recognised in the King’s birthday honours list for 2024. Nursing director damehood among King’s birthday honours appeared first on Nursing Times.

The mother of Martha Mills, a child who died of sepsis after concerns about her condition were ignored, has urged NHS leaders and staff to roll out Martha’s Rule meaningfully, not performatively. Implement Martha’s Rule ‘meaningfully’, nurses urged appeared first on Nursing Times.

High workloads and increasing demand on district nurses have led to missed appointments and workers taking large amounts of unpaid overtime, a new survey has suggested. District nursing needs investment to ease pressures, QNI warns appeared first on Nursing Times.