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This website is intended for healthcare professionals
The RLBUHT rheumatology helpline was re-designed in September 2012 to align the service with RCN recommendations and address the concerns identified through the internal review..
We are knocking on an open door when it comes to the need to develop an NHS patient safety culture. Everybody who works in or is connected with the NHS, including patients, would agree that this must...
Testing of a detained patient's rehabilitation was traditionally undertaken using the extended leave provisions of section 17 of the Mental Health Act 1983. These provisions allow a responsible...
‘HEE will work with NHS Improvement and NHS England to produce the best informed and safety-focused workforce in the world. Developing a consistent national patient safety syllabus to apply across a...
‘The request for student nurses to work on the front line during the COVID-19 pandemic brings with it many challenges … especially for those only part way through their degree’ .
One year ago, NHS Employers launched its ‘How are you feeling today NHS?’ initiative (NHS Employers, 2019). This easy-to-use resource was designed and developed with the help of NHS staff to promote...
The first report to cause me to pose these questions is the long-awaited report by Dr Bill Kirkup (Kirkup, 2022) into the events at the maternity and neonatal services in East Kent. This has just been...
The EU recognises that some patients' clinical need for medicines cannot be met by the current range of licensed medicines, or that it is simply not commercially viable for a pharmaceutical company to...
Clearly, when a nurse is communicating with a child or young person, they need to consider the client's age and level of development (Dos Santos et al, 2016), to acknowledge levels of understanding or...
