Enhancing quality of care means establishing and monitoring standards, which can be accomplished by implementing an accreditation programme. A ward accreditation pilot initiative was introduced to ...

Yvette Cooper has been appointed by Andy Burnham as the new health and social care secretary, marking a return to the Department of Health and Social Care after more than 20 years. Ms Cooper, who was ...

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has warned the new prime minister, Andy Burnham, that he must value the profession and fix social care if he is to get its support for his political agenda. The ...

A new treatment option for patients in England and Wales with a type of chronic heart failure has been recommended today by ...

Elaine Maxwell explains why the normalisation of deviance found at Muckamore Abbey Hospital is relevant to nursing practice ...

Chinenye Ubah discusses the issue of communication in healthcare, highlighting some of the experiences of international ...

In line with the government 10 Year Health Plan, this webinar explored the role of the nurse leader in shifting services from ...

The Duke of Sussex celebrated the work of children’s nurses this week during a visit to wards at a specialist hospital trust ...

Chris Salt explores why burnout prevention in mental health nursing often misses the mark – and what a better, earlier ...

See pictures of community nursing leader Steph Lawrence receiving her honorary doctorate from Leeds Beckett University.

Melanie Stephens argues that, while integrated care is now embedded in health policy, student nurse placement models have not ...

The NMC will be seeking approval next week to move ahead with a “landmark” consultation on updates to the nursing Code and ...