Nursing, midwifery and care

Huge response to £100m Nursing Technology Fund

NHS England has received over 220 applications from 140 health Trusts around the country bidding for part of the £100m Nursing Technology Fund. The fund, which was launched in December last year, invited NHS organisations to bid for money to buy technology to support nurses, midwives and care staff. The fund focuses on practical mobile […]

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First 6Cs Live! ‘week of action’ of 2014 kicks off

Nursing leaders are kick starting the new year with a ‘week of action’ focused on dignity, empathy and respect in nursing care. The fifth 6Cs Live! week of action (next week) includes the ‘Patient Experience National Conference’ with keynote speeches from Jane Cummings, Chief Nursing Officer for England, as well as Dame Julie Mellor, Parliamentary […]

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Jane Cummings welcomes NQCF best practice examples

Jane Cummings, Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) for England, has welcomed the opportunity to promote best practice examples of nursing care that have been collated by the Nursing and Care Quality Forum (NCQF). To coincide with the CNO Summit, which took place on 26 and 27 November, over 150 examples of best practice created by the […]

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“Absolute transparency is the key to driving improvements in standards of care” says Chief Nursing Officer

The Chief Nursing Officer for England today called for further improvements in care standards and transparency and the creation of a culture of empowerment in the nursing and midwifery profession, saying: “Absolute transparency is the key to driving improvements in standards of care. We need to ensure that every single patient receives great care, every […]

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Chief Nursing Officer for England’s Summit 2013

The CNO Summit (26-27 November, Birmingham)  will provide the opportunity to shape the future of nursing and midwifery further, discover ways of embedding and mainstreaming Compassion in Practice throughout the system and developing the professionalism of nurses, midwives and care staff.   The plenaries will be live streamed http://www.nursingtimes.net/cnosummit.

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New staffing guidance published to support providers and commissioners to make the right decisions about nursing, midwifery and care staffing capacity and capability

The National Quality Board, sponsored by Jane Cummings, Chief Nursing Officer in England, has today published new guidance to support providers and commissioners to make the right decisions about nursing, midwifery and care staffing capacity and capability. The guide: outlines a set of expectations of providers and commissioners relating to staffing, and provides advice on […]

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