To celebrate International Nurses day on 12th May and International Midwifery day on 5th May we are delivering a number of virtual events on Compassion in Practice, 6Cs Live! and a preview of the new 6Cs Live! Communication Hub. These webinars offer nurses, midwives and care staff an opportunity to find out more about 6Cs […]
Jane Cummings, NHS England’s Chief Nursing Officer, today welcomed the positive findings in the NHS inpatient survey but urged hospitals to do more to tackle variations in the way patients perceive their care. “The NHS must get it right every time for every patient,” she said. “This survey is, on the whole, encouraging and demonstrates […]
Compassion in Practice is our joint strategy to help us to transform the care we provide, in all care and support settings, throughout England every day and for everyone. The implementation plans are a living, integral part of the strategy. We must ensure that we are responsive to the changing needs of the people we care for […]
The nation’s top nurses today launch a new drive to ensure values such as compassion and courage are at the heart of the NHS and the public health and care sectors. They are publishing a new three-year vision and strategy for nursing, midwifery and care staff that aims to build the culture of compassionate care […]
The Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) Conference 2012 will establish the volunteering role of ‘Care Maker’ as a demonstrable legacy of the Olympics and Paralympics and the spirit of London 2012, learning from and building upon the lessons learned from those who volunteered as Gamesmakers. Nursing and Midwifery leaders from both service and education have supported […]
Creating a new vision and strategy for Nurses, Midwives and Care-Givers This feedback exercise is now closed. It ran from 21 September 2012 to 16 November 2012. Thank you for your valuable input. We are now considering all of the responses and feedback received. Any comments left on this page after 16 November 2012 will […]
The NHS Commissioning Board Authority has announced the appointment of Jane Cummings as Chief Nursing Officer. Jane is currently Chief Nurse for NHS North of England and was previously Chief Nurse and Deputy Chief Executive for NHS North West. Chief Executive of the NHS Commissioning Board Authority, Sir David Nicholson said: “Jane is well known […]