Nursing care for children and young people | Nursing Times https://www.nursingtimes.net Resources for the nursing profession Fri, 15 Dec 2023 13:59:40 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 https://emap-moon-prod.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2023/07/favicon-nt192-70x70.png Nursing care for children and young people | Nursing Times https://www.nursingtimes.net 32 32 https://www.nursingtimes.net/wp-content/themes/mbm-mops-2017/images/logo.gif Nursing Times https://www.nursingtimes.net 125 75 Resources for the nursing profession More babies attending A&E as health visitor numbers fall https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/children/more-babies-attending-ae-as-health-visitor-numbers-fall-15-12-2023/ https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/children/more-babies-attending-ae-as-health-visitor-numbers-fall-15-12-2023/#respond Fri, 15 Dec 2023 13:59:34 +0000 https://www.nursingtimes.net/?p=310849 A decline in health visitors in England has coincided with an increase in families attending A&E with concerns about their babies, new research reveals.

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]]> https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/children/more-babies-attending-ae-as-health-visitor-numbers-fall-15-12-2023/feed/ 0 Nurses demand ‘lifeline’ funding for children’s social care https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/children/nurses-demand-lifeline-funding-for-childrens-social-care-21-11-2023/ https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/children/nurses-demand-lifeline-funding-for-childrens-social-care-21-11-2023/#respond Tue, 21 Nov 2023 15:23:32 +0000 https://www.nursingtimes.net/?p=309246 A coalition of public health nurses, charities and councils has written an open letter to chancellor Jeremy Hunt, urging him to commit additional money towards children’s social care before services are “pushed to the brink”.

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]]> https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/children/nurses-demand-lifeline-funding-for-childrens-social-care-21-11-2023/feed/ 0 Target for paediatric warning system to be national by April 2024 https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/children/target-for-paediatric-warning-system-to-be-national-by-april-2024-16-11-2023/ https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/children/target-for-paediatric-warning-system-to-be-national-by-april-2024-16-11-2023/#respond Thu, 16 Nov 2023 16:19:24 +0000 https://www.nursingtimes.net/?p=308861 A new national system for identifying when a child’s health is deteriorating must be “rolled out and embedded everywhere”, nurse leaders have urged.

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]]> https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/children/target-for-paediatric-warning-system-to-be-national-by-april-2024-16-11-2023/feed/ 0 Martha’s Rule: Family felt ‘failed’ by nurses as well as doctors https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/children/marthas-rule-family-felt-failed-by-nurses-as-well-as-doctors-16-11-2023/ https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/children/marthas-rule-family-felt-failed-by-nurses-as-well-as-doctors-16-11-2023/#comments Thu, 16 Nov 2023 14:45:36 +0000 https://www.nursingtimes.net/?p=308831 The mother of Martha Mills, a 13-year-old girl who died due to a delay in moving her to intensive care despite her parents repeatedly raising the alarm about sepsis, has told nurses they must do more to back patients when relatives feel they are being ignored.

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]]> https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/children/marthas-rule-family-felt-failed-by-nurses-as-well-as-doctors-16-11-2023/feed/ 1 New exhibition to open this week on history of children’s nursing https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/children/new-exhibition-to-open-this-week-on-history-of-childrens-nursing-06-11-2023/ https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/children/new-exhibition-to-open-this-week-on-history-of-childrens-nursing-06-11-2023/#respond Mon, 06 Nov 2023 17:30:11 +0000 https://www.nursingtimes.net/?p=308275 The Royal College of Nursing is to launch a new exhibition dedicated to the history of children and young people’s nursing.

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]]> https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/children/new-exhibition-to-open-this-week-on-history-of-childrens-nursing-06-11-2023/feed/ 0 New national approach to spotting deteriorating children https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/children/new-national-approach-to-spotting-deteriorating-children-03-11-2023/ https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/children/new-national-approach-to-spotting-deteriorating-children-03-11-2023/#respond Fri, 03 Nov 2023 11:33:09 +0000 https://www.nursingtimes.net/?p=308170 A new system for identifying when a child’s health is deteriorating is being rolled out across the NHS in England after being developed in collaboration with nurses.

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]]> https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/children/new-national-approach-to-spotting-deteriorating-children-03-11-2023/feed/ 0 Charity establishing nurse role for medically complex children https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/children/charity-establishing-nurse-role-for-medically-complex-children-16-10-2023/ https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/children/charity-establishing-nurse-role-for-medically-complex-children-16-10-2023/#respond Mon, 16 Oct 2023 17:03:04 +0000 https://www.nursingtimes.net/?p=307073 A charity is establishing and expanding a new nursing specialism that is focused on supporting children with complex health conditions.

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]]> https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/children/charity-establishing-nurse-role-for-medically-complex-children-16-10-2023/feed/ 0 How one specialist nurse is advocating for undiagnosed children https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/children/how-specialist-nurse-is-advocating-for-undiagnosed-children-16-10-2023/ https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/children/how-specialist-nurse-is-advocating-for-undiagnosed-children-16-10-2023/#respond Mon, 16 Oct 2023 12:29:53 +0000 https://www.nursingtimes.net/?p=307047 A nurse who specialises in caring for children with undiagnosed conditions has told of the rewards and challenges of her unique role.

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]]> https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/children/how-specialist-nurse-is-advocating-for-undiagnosed-children-16-10-2023/feed/ 0 More children’s nurses and beds needed, says NHS leader https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/children/more-childrens-nurses-and-beds-needed-says-nhs-leader-12-10-2023/ https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/children/more-childrens-nurses-and-beds-needed-says-nhs-leader-12-10-2023/#respond Thu, 12 Oct 2023 15:18:40 +0000 https://www.nursingtimes.net/?p=306849 NHS England’s deputy director for children and young people's nursing has outlined the challenges facing the specialty and what needs to be done to address them.

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]]> https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/children/more-childrens-nurses-and-beds-needed-says-nhs-leader-12-10-2023/feed/ 0 Children’s nurses to meet to discuss health inequalities https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/children/childrens-nurses-to-meet-to-discuss-health-inequalities-10-10-2023/ https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/children/childrens-nurses-to-meet-to-discuss-health-inequalities-10-10-2023/#respond Tue, 10 Oct 2023 11:53:28 +0000 https://www.nursingtimes.net/?p=306629 Specialist children’s nurses are meeting in London later this week to discuss inequalities in healthcare for young people and how they can be addressed.

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