Nursing, midwifery and care

Send us your compassionate care award entries!

The call has gone out for more entries for this year’s Kate Granger Compassionate Care Awards. The Chief Nursing Officer for England, Professor Jane Cummings, urged people to nominate colleagues and teams, while also revealing the entry closing date has been extended to 10 July. She said: “We have seen a series of high profile […]

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Next steps on the NHS Five Year Forward View: England’s Chief Nurse announces ‘Nurse First’ to attract the best and brightest graduates to nursing

Chief Nursing Officer for England, Professor Jane Cummings, has today announced a new fast track ‘Nurse First’ programme to attract high achieving graduates into a career in nursing. The NHS in 2020 will be treating increasing numbers of people and caring for an ageing population with more complex needs and so attracting and keeping staff […]

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England’s Chief Nurse looks to the future

Professor Jane Cummings calls on the country’s nursing and midwifery staff to take a leading role as the NHS adapts to meet the needs of today’s population. Speaking to the country’s most senior nursing, midwifery and care leaders, Professor Jane Cummings, Chief Nursing Officer for England (CNO), will today outline the challenges the profession will […]

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Professor Jane Cummings, the Chief Nursing Officer for England, sets the record straight on the future of nursing

Nursing and midwifery have changed dramatically since the days of Florence Nightingale and I am proud of what we as professions have achieved and continue to achieve. Today there are more than half a million registered nurses and midwives in England with 50,000 working out of hospital in care homes and the care sector. Alongside […]

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NHS unites to tackle sepsis

Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, NHS England Medical Director, has issued a rallying call to healthcare professionals across the country to focus on improving early recognition and timely treatment of sepsis. At an event in London last night and ahead of a major new public awareness campaign delivered in collaboration with the UK Sepsis Trust, he […]

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Nursing, midwifery and care staff should lead change, says England’s Chief Nursing Officer

The Chief Nursing Officer for England, Professor Jane Cummings, will today launch a new framework encouraging all nursing, midwifery and care staff to get in the driving seat and help transform the health and care sector. Professor Cummings will say that these three groups of highly skilled compassionate professionals represent the largest group of health […]

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New guidance to improve services and lives for people living with bladder and bowel problems

NHS England has today published new guidance to help improve the care and experience of children and adults with continence issues (revised document published July 2018). Problems with the bladder affect more than 14 million people in the UK and about 6.5 million have bowel problems. In addition, 900,000 children and young people reportedly suffer […]

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