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Career Profile - Julia Steers, Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire

Julia Steers, Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire

In Your Workplace

NHS Trust HR director Graham White offers advice on employment issues affecting nurses

How austerity harms health

Health and social care go hand-in-hand, so if the government cuts social funding, people's health will suffer, writes Bernadette Higgins

The priorities for nurse education

Nurses' leaders and health ministers are at odds over changes to nurse training and education, writes David Woods

Support placements in general practice

An informative debate about nurse education took place at last month's RCN Congress, in Liverpool. No, I don't mean the mud-slinging between the RCN and ministers over 'really stupid' plans to 'force'...

Missed opportunity for HCA regulation

I have written previously about the importance of the professional regulation of healthcare assistants (HCAs). The government has made it clear that while educational standards for HCAs will be...

Imagine living with Parkinson's disease

Imagine being arrested for not smiling at an event. Mark Worsfold who attended the recent London Olympics, last year was. Mr Worsfold, who has Parkinson's, was arrested while watching a cycling event...

Signpost help to armed force veterans

Last autumn, charity Blind Veterans UK launched the 'No One Alone' campaign to raise public awareness of the fact that there are more than 68,000 national service and armed forces veterans in the UK,...

Extra training year may deter applicants

In the government's initial response to the Francis report into care failings in Mid Staffordshire, it has been made clear all applicants to nursing programmes will need to prove they are...

Assessment of the sick child in a general practice setting

A practice has improved patient safety by addressing its management of sick children, writes Anne Baird

Putting patients first in practice

Plans to improve care could focus on condoning shortcomings instead of rewarding best practice, writes David Woods

In Putting Patients First, the government's initial response to the Francis report...

Concern over reduced access to cancer drugs

Cancer charities have warned of uncertainty over future access to life-extending drugs when a dedicated fund ends next year.

Cognitive impairment may 'revert' to normal

One in four elderly people with mild cognitive impairment - a precursor to dementia - naturally 'reverts' to normal cognition, research from the University of New South Wales shows.

Healthcare assistants in support of regulation

Healthcare assistants (HCAs) overwhelmingly back the recommendations about their role made in the Francis report into care failings in Mid Staffordshire, a survey by Independent Nurse's sister title...

Severe psychiatric distress from needlestick injuries

The psychiatric distress from a needlestick injury is consistent with being in a car crash, researchers have concluded.

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