Nursing care for children and young people | Nursing Times https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/children/ Resources for the nursing profession Mon, 29 Jan 2024 14:07:21 +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 care for children and young people | Nursing Times https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/children/ 32 32 https://www.nursingtimes.net/wp-content/themes/mbm-mops-2017/images/logo.gif Nursing Times https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/children/ 125 75 Resources for the nursing profession Joe Wicks helps nurses open Kingston’s new children’s cancer unit https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/children/joe-wicks-helps-nurses-open-kingstons-new-childrens-cancer-unit-26-01-2024/ https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/children/joe-wicks-helps-nurses-open-kingstons-new-childrens-cancer-unit-26-01-2024/#respond Fri, 26 Jan 2024 19:34:15 +0000 https://www.nursingtimes.net/?p=312683 Body coach and fitness author Joe Wicks joined staff this week at Kingston Hospital to open a new cancer unit for children.

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]]> https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/children/joe-wicks-helps-nurses-open-kingstons-new-childrens-cancer-unit-26-01-2024/feed/ 0 Children’s hospital appoints lead sepsis nurse after boy’s death https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/children/childrens-hospital-appoints-lead-sepsis-nurse-after-boys-death-26-01-2024/ https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/children/childrens-hospital-appoints-lead-sepsis-nurse-after-boys-death-26-01-2024/#respond Fri, 26 Jan 2024 15:16:36 +0000 https://www.nursingtimes.net/?p=312641 A children’s hospital has appointed its first lead sepsis nurse, following the death of a 16-month-old boy who was misdiagnosed with chickenpox.

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]]> https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/children/childrens-hospital-appoints-lead-sepsis-nurse-after-boys-death-26-01-2024/feed/ 0 Poor mental health in children ‘spiralling out of control’ https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/children/poor-mental-health-in-children-spiralling-out-of-control-11-01-2024/ https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/children/poor-mental-health-in-children-spiralling-out-of-control-11-01-2024/#respond Thu, 11 Jan 2024 14:36:44 +0000 https://www.nursingtimes.net/?p=311777 The government has been urged to invest in health visiting services, as nurse leaders warn that mental health problems among babies, children and young people are “spiralling out of control”.

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]]> https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/children/poor-mental-health-in-children-spiralling-out-of-control-11-01-2024/feed/ 0 Health visitors key to Labour’s child health action plan https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/children/health-visitors-key-to-labours-child-health-action-plan-11-01-2024/ https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/children/health-visitors-key-to-labours-child-health-action-plan-11-01-2024/#respond Thu, 11 Jan 2024 13:53:24 +0000 https://www.nursingtimes.net/?p=311768 Health visitors and district nurses would play a pivotal role in improving “plummeting” health outcomes for children if the Labour Party is elected, the opposition has said as it unveiled its latest manifesto pledge ahead of an expected 2024 general election.

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]]> https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/children/health-visitors-key-to-labours-child-health-action-plan-11-01-2024/feed/ 0 More babies attending A&E as health visitor numbers fall https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/children/more-babies-attending-ae-as-health-visitor-numbers-fall-15-12-2023/ https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/children/more-babies-attending-ae-as-health-visitor-numbers-fall-15-12-2023/#respond Fri, 15 Dec 2023 13:59:34 +0000 https://www.nursingtimes.net/?p=310849 A decline in health visitors in England has coincided with an increase in families attending A&E with concerns about their babies, new research reveals.

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]]> https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/children/more-babies-attending-ae-as-health-visitor-numbers-fall-15-12-2023/feed/ 0 Nurses demand ‘lifeline’ funding for children’s social care https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/children/nurses-demand-lifeline-funding-for-childrens-social-care-21-11-2023/ https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/children/nurses-demand-lifeline-funding-for-childrens-social-care-21-11-2023/#respond Tue, 21 Nov 2023 15:23:32 +0000 https://www.nursingtimes.net/?p=309246 A coalition of public health nurses, charities and councils has written an open letter to chancellor Jeremy Hunt, urging him to commit additional money towards children’s social care before services are “pushed to the brink”.

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]]> https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/children/nurses-demand-lifeline-funding-for-childrens-social-care-21-11-2023/feed/ 0 Target for paediatric warning system to be national by April 2024 https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/children/target-for-paediatric-warning-system-to-be-national-by-april-2024-16-11-2023/ https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/children/target-for-paediatric-warning-system-to-be-national-by-april-2024-16-11-2023/#respond Thu, 16 Nov 2023 16:19:24 +0000 https://www.nursingtimes.net/?p=308861 A new national system for identifying when a child’s health is deteriorating must be “rolled out and embedded everywhere”, nurse leaders have urged.

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]]> https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/children/target-for-paediatric-warning-system-to-be-national-by-april-2024-16-11-2023/feed/ 0 Martha’s Rule: Family felt ‘failed’ by nurses as well as doctors https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/children/marthas-rule-family-felt-failed-by-nurses-as-well-as-doctors-16-11-2023/ https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/children/marthas-rule-family-felt-failed-by-nurses-as-well-as-doctors-16-11-2023/#comments Thu, 16 Nov 2023 14:45:36 +0000 https://www.nursingtimes.net/?p=308831 The mother of Martha Mills, a 13-year-old girl who died due to a delay in moving her to intensive care despite her parents repeatedly raising the alarm about sepsis, has told nurses they must do more to back patients when relatives feel they are being ignored.

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]]> https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/children/marthas-rule-family-felt-failed-by-nurses-as-well-as-doctors-16-11-2023/feed/ 1 New exhibition to open this week on history of children’s nursing https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/children/new-exhibition-to-open-this-week-on-history-of-childrens-nursing-06-11-2023/ https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/children/new-exhibition-to-open-this-week-on-history-of-childrens-nursing-06-11-2023/#respond Mon, 06 Nov 2023 17:30:11 +0000 https://www.nursingtimes.net/?p=308275 The Royal College of Nursing is to launch a new exhibition dedicated to the history of children and young people’s nursing.

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]]> https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/children/new-exhibition-to-open-this-week-on-history-of-childrens-nursing-06-11-2023/feed/ 0 New national approach to spotting deteriorating children https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/children/new-national-approach-to-spotting-deteriorating-children-03-11-2023/ https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/children/new-national-approach-to-spotting-deteriorating-children-03-11-2023/#respond Fri, 03 Nov 2023 11:33:09 +0000 https://www.nursingtimes.net/?p=308170 A new system for identifying when a child’s health is deteriorating is being rolled out across the NHS in England after being developed in collaboration with nurses.

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