Nursing Degree – A Good Move

It has to be a good move to have a qualified nursing workforce who have all taken a degree course. The expectations placed upon the modern nurse are manifold. As well as therapeutic care and specialist experience and expertise, nurses are expected to manage often complex decision-making processes. Learning how to process those decisions is key. [...]

The World’s A Better Place

Great news for nursing jobs and the planet today. I turned on the radio this morning to hear these stories: 1. Another political party pledges to protect healthcare from cuts 2. Obama to face down opposition to US health industry overhaul plus… 3. China’s going green 4. US will go greener 5. Yahoo launches a new [...]

Uk Nurses Undermined In Cheap American Politicking

It’s a bit rich, these US senators doing down our nurses. It’s just politicking of course. It follows President Obama’s suggestion that the US government should play a bigger part in US healthcare provision. So to counter Obama’s attempts, the Republicans are trying to undermine his plans. And they do this by pointing to the UK’s [...]

What’s 137,000 Healthcare Jobs Between Friends Anyway?

Today’s national headline: “NHS workforce cuts plan rejected“. If it wasn’t so serious, it would be hilarious. It’s like something from Yes Minister. Imagine you’re a health minister. It’s late on Friday evening and you just want to go home. And then you’re briefed to work out how to cut a few billion off the health [...]

Rayner’s Nursing Report Isn’t Helpful

I’m not sure how helpful the tone of Claire Rayner’s report is. Inevitably, what reports like this show is an awful headline (and potentially misleading too) that undermines the majority view. The headline sweeps a negative generalisation, while the detail of the issue is that only a tiny minority are to blame. Claire Rayner knows this, [...]

Healthcare Support Jobs Undervalued

I read an interesting article in the South Wales Argus recently. In it I found out that Natalie Rowles, a healthcare support worker, is determined to spread the word about her responsibilities and skill level. What was particularly interesting to read was that Natalie believes the depth of her knowledge and skills are undervalued, and not just [...]

NHS Nurse Jobs Increase Pressure On Staff

I suppose it’s because the media is hooked on news about job-losses that we hear less about increasing jobs in the nursing sector. But the truth is, as detailed in a news story on Public Finance last week, that vacancy numbers at the NHS are rising. And Peter Carter of the Royal College of Nursing is right [...]

Nurses Say Afc Has Failed – Pay To Match Job Titles Again?

As you’ll have read recently in another blog of mine, the Dept of Health is embarking on a consultation programme for nursing careers. Among other issues it will be consulting on nursing recruitment issues. It was also a subject for discussion at a conference on nursing recruitment I attended two weeks ago. There, nursing recruitment [...]