We have news of a free online course from Newcastle University which is sure to interest care home staff, home carers and anyone who cares for older people professionally or
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A pensioner has admitted shooting dead his wife of 50 years at a care home just days after Christmas. Ronald King, 87, denied murdering Rita King, 81, whose severe dementia
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A specialist judge has expressed concern about the way an elderly woman living in a care home was “covertly” given medication. Judge Peter Bellamy said the use of covert medication
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The wrecking of fishing vessel Andrea Gail, immortalised in the film The Perfect Storm, was the result of ignorance of the nature and severity of the developing crisis, combined with
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The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) have issued a reminder to supervisors in housing support and care at home services that they have until 31 December 2016 to apply to
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Nursing regulators have been implored to ensure that all nurses are “fully competent to deliver high-class care” following changes to the English language test requirements for nurses trained outside the
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More than a third of elderly patients who are dying receive “invasive and potentially harmful” treatments in their last weeks of life, according to the biggest review of its kind.
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Last Sunday I had the privilege of taking part in the Royal College of Nursing 100th anniversary Congress which was held in Glasgow for the first time. Together with the
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Brexit could have a “huge impact” on the NHS workforce, a leading auditor has warned as figures show that one in every 20 NHS workers in England come from the
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Plans to create a new nursing support role risk “diluting” the profession and confusing patients, a medical conference has heard. The UK Government announced proposals in December to introduce nursing
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