Nursing Times | Nursing news https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/ Resources for the nursing profession Fri, 08 Mar 2024 17:09:31 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 https://emap-moon-prod.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2023/07/favicon-nt192-70x70.png Nursing Times | Nursing news https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/ 32 32 https://www.nursingtimes.net/wp-content/themes/mbm-mops-2017/images/logo.gif Nursing Times https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/ 125 75 Resources for the nursing profession Nurse chief executive moving health boards https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/leadership-news/nurse-chief-executive-moving-health-boards-08-03-2024/ https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/leadership-news/nurse-chief-executive-moving-health-boards-08-03-2024/#respond Fri, 08 Mar 2024 17:09:31 +0000 https://www.nursingtimes.net/?p=314958 Professor Caroline Hiscox has been appointed to the role of chief executive for NHS Lothian in Scotland.

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]]> https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/leadership-news/nurse-chief-executive-moving-health-boards-08-03-2024/feed/ 0 Long Covid health workers to team up in mass lawsuit https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/long-covid-health-workers-to-team-up-in-mass-lawsuit-08-03-2024/ https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/long-covid-health-workers-to-team-up-in-mass-lawsuit-08-03-2024/#respond Fri, 08 Mar 2024 12:44:06 +0000 https://www.nursingtimes.net/?p=314917 The NHS is facing a mass legal challenge from potentially hundreds of health workers with long Covid across England and Wales, including nurses.

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]]> https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/long-covid-health-workers-to-team-up-in-mass-lawsuit-08-03-2024/feed/ 0 Care homes to receive 7% rise in funding for nursing https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/social-care/care-homes-to-receive-7-rise-in-funding-for-nursing-08-03-2024/ https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/social-care/care-homes-to-receive-7-rise-in-funding-for-nursing-08-03-2024/#respond Fri, 08 Mar 2024 12:37:14 +0000 https://www.nursingtimes.net/?p=314919 Care homes will receive a boost to nursing funding from next month, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has confirmed.

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]]> https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/social-care/care-homes-to-receive-7-rise-in-funding-for-nursing-08-03-2024/feed/ 0 Lasting impact: nurses reflect on Covid four years on https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/lasting-impact-nurses-reflect-on-covid-four-years-on-08-03-2024/ https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/lasting-impact-nurses-reflect-on-covid-four-years-on-08-03-2024/#respond Fri, 08 Mar 2024 06:00:34 +0000 https://www.nursingtimes.net/?p=314766 Nurses from various settings and locations look back on their experiences of the emergency period of Covid-19, four years after the first lockdown.

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]]> https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/lasting-impact-nurses-reflect-on-covid-four-years-on-08-03-2024/feed/ 0 Many nurses facing harassment, shows NHS Staff Survey https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/workforce/many-nurses-facing-harassment-shows-nhs-staff-survey-07-03-2024/ https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/workforce/many-nurses-facing-harassment-shows-nhs-staff-survey-07-03-2024/#respond Thu, 07 Mar 2024 17:10:34 +0000 https://www.nursingtimes.net/?p=314899 Nurses are facing record levels of discrimination from the public, as well as unwanted sexual behaviour by both patients and colleagues, the latest NHS Staff Survey has revealed.

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]]> https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/workforce/many-nurses-facing-harassment-shows-nhs-staff-survey-07-03-2024/feed/ 0 ‘Maternity safety’ investment to boost recruitment and training https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/policies-and-guidance/maternity-safety-investment-to-boost-recruitment-and-training-07-03-2024/ https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/policies-and-guidance/maternity-safety-investment-to-boost-recruitment-and-training-07-03-2024/#respond Thu, 07 Mar 2024 14:10:01 +0000 https://www.nursingtimes.net/?p=314890 Midwifery leaders have welcomed plans by the government and NHS to invest millions in maternity safety including through increased recruitment and training of midwives, announced in the 2024 spring budget.

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]]> https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/policies-and-guidance/maternity-safety-investment-to-boost-recruitment-and-training-07-03-2024/feed/ 0 Long Covid: health workers take case to court https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/long-covid-health-workers-take-case-to-court-06-03-2024/ https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/long-covid-health-workers-take-case-to-court-06-03-2024/#respond Wed, 06 Mar 2024 18:26:38 +0000 https://www.nursingtimes.net/?p=314873 Nurses are among almost 70 health workers with long Covid who are jointly taking their case for compensation to the High Court.

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]]> https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/long-covid-health-workers-take-case-to-court-06-03-2024/feed/ 0 Spring budget 2024: tech investment for NHS ‘productivity’ https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/policies-and-guidance/spring-budget-2024-tech-investment-for-nhs-productivity-06-03-2024/ https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/policies-and-guidance/spring-budget-2024-tech-investment-for-nhs-productivity-06-03-2024/#respond Wed, 06 Mar 2024 17:11:12 +0000 https://www.nursingtimes.net/?p=314858 Health service leaders have warned of another “tough year” for the NHS, after the announcement of the 2024 spring budget.

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]]> https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/policies-and-guidance/spring-budget-2024-tech-investment-for-nhs-productivity-06-03-2024/feed/ 0 Group appoints first Huntington’s disease nurse consultant https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/workforce/group-appoints-first-huntingtons-disease-nurse-consultant-06-03-2024/ https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/workforce/group-appoints-first-huntingtons-disease-nurse-consultant-06-03-2024/#respond Wed, 06 Mar 2024 12:08:41 +0000 https://www.nursingtimes.net/?p=314840 A care home group has appointed its first dedicated nurse consultant for people with Huntington’s disease.

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]]> https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/workforce/group-appoints-first-huntingtons-disease-nurse-consultant-06-03-2024/feed/ 0 Study finds three-quarters of nurses burned out after Covid https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/workforce/study-finds-three-quarters-of-nurses-burned-out-after-covid-06-03-2024/ https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/workforce/study-finds-three-quarters-of-nurses-burned-out-after-covid-06-03-2024/#respond Wed, 06 Mar 2024 10:37:07 +0000 https://www.nursingtimes.net/?p=314816 Three-quarters of frontline nurses in China were left burned out after the Covid-19 pandemic, a new study has suggested.

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