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Support for newly registered nurses (NRNs) is improving nationally but many still feel they are effectively being cast out to rough waters without a life jacket, according to our latest exclusive survey on preceptorship. A lack of senior nurses to provide mentorship and general workplace pressures remain among the biggest…
Eric Teague-Hellon spends most of his days and nights nursing, going out of his way to support some of the most vulnerable people living in Staffordshire. When he is not working full time as a primary care leader at HMP Stafford, giving prisoners the dignified care they deserve, he is…
The chief nursing officer (CNO) for Northern Ireland has said she is “committed” to ensuring that nurses in country get a fair pay deal, amid almost two years of political turmoil and as more strikes from nursing staff loom. In her first interview with Nursing Times, Maria McIlgorm reflected on…
Northern Ireland has a “tremendous amount to be proud of” when it comes to developments in nursing, one of the country’s leading nurses has said as she reflects on her career. Nicki Patterson, who was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2024 New…
The first Filipino nursing director in the NHS has expressed his pride at his appointment and has pledged to leave "the door wide open” for others to follow in his footsteps. Oliver Soriano was announced earlier this month as the new chief nurse and quality officer at Lancashire and South…
Healthcare support workers (HCSWs) have played a key role in the NHS workforce since their inception. Part of the unregulated and unregistered workforce, they support good patient care by helping registered nurses, midwives and other healthcare professionals in a variety of settings. The HCSW role has continued to expand and…
Lucy Letby does not represent nursing, members of the profession have firmly stated as they reflect on the impact of her horrific crimes and the steps that must be taken following her conviction. As well as the shock and sadness they felt as nurses, they told Nursing Times the case…
Universities across the UK are “willing to do things differently” to tackle recruitment and retention issues across the health and education sectors, nursing education leaders have said. In their first interview with Nursing Times since being appointed, the new chief executive and chair of the Council of Deans of Health…
Nurse educators and employers are being faced with the challenge of massively boosting nursing numbers at a time when interest in the profession seems to be declining. They share their thoughts with Nursing Times. The NHS Long Term Workforce plan, released at the end of June, contained targets to significantly…
A Nursing Times investigation has found that thousands of adverse incidents on inpatient mental health wards were linked to understaffing last year alone. Data obtained from Freedom of Information (FoI) requests revealed that the number of recorded incidents linked to staffing has increased dramatically in recent years. A total of…
