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Nurses must be better trained to spot the signs of endometriosis, a new report has said, as delayed diagnoses rise. Charity Endometriosis UK has today published a series of recommendations to UK health authorities on how to reduce the almost decade-long average wait to get an endometriosis diagnosis, and mitigate…
A group of universities and the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) have called on the government to fund nurse student loan forgiveness in its upcoming budget. Next week, chancellor of the exchequer Jeremy Hunt is expected to unveil his spring budget, an annual publication of the UK Government’s spending and…
Nursing and engineering students in Edinburgh will work together to come up with new technologies that address real challenges in healthcare, as part of a new partnership. Edinburgh Napier University and Heriot-Watt University have signed a memorandum of understanding to formalise what they described as a first-of-its-kind research collaboration. “Nurses…
A coalition of education leaders has called for the creation of a new cross-government health education taskforce, to help deliver the commitments in the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan. In a jointly written letter to the secretaries of state for health and education, the university groups have said the taskforce…
A charity that aims to empower students to drive positive change on sustainability has been chosen as the charity partner for our annual celebration of nurse education. Each year, the Student Nursing Times Awards honour the outstanding achievements of student nurses, educators, and institutions that are advancing nursing and midwifery…
The number of people applying for nursing courses at university in the UK has fallen for the third year in a row. The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) reported today that, despite an overall increase in university applications, 7% fewer people applied for nursing courses ahead of the January…
Recent news of the UK Government’s 50,000 additional nurses target being met, and record numbers of nurses working for the NHS, were welcomed – but the staffing crisis is not fixed. Without a healthy number of nursing and midwifery students, there is no future workforce and nurse student numbers are…
Both the Labour and Conservative parties have failed to back a scheme which would see all nurse student debt wiped if they commit to working in the NHS. The policy, put forward in this week’s Times Health Commission report on health and social care, would see student loan debts for…
The Queen’s Nursing Institute (QNI) has developed new standards for a further three specialisms within community nursing. The ‘field-specific standards’ cover health and justice nursing, community learning disability nursing and palliative and end-of-life care nursing. The announcement follows a consultation on the standards which closed in November 2023. Last year,…
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…
