Long Reads

Chris Holme explores the early beginnings of nurse research and some of its leading protagonists.

Independent nurse consultant Chris Hart discusses the history of nurses taking industrial action in the UK, from 1922 to the present day.

In her first interview with Nursing Times, the most senior nurse in the world has said that now is the time to change the historic undervaluing of the nursing profession.

Nurses at charity Combat Stress have spoken about the vital role they play in supporting the mental health of former servicemen and women, and how all nurses need to be more aware of the specific needs of veterans.

The government is “closing down opportunities” into nursing by pressing ahead with scrapping qualifications which support thousands of students onto nursing courses every year, educators have warned.

Three days after the initial earthquake struck south-eastern Turkey, Deborah Swann – the only nurse on the UK’s search and rescue team – crawled into a collapsed house to help save a man who was trapped under his dead father.

A passion for nursing and improving the quality of life of children with allergies is what the reigning Nursing Times Nurse of the Year describes as being her driver for being a change-maker.

Two in five nursing staff say their mental health is worse now than it was during the peaks of the Covid-19 pandemic, reveals an exclusive survey by Nursing Times.

More must be done to stamp out unconscious bias and incorrect assumptions…

Virtual wards have been hailed by some as a potential way to improve patient flow and reduce workforce pressures. Nursing Times has spoken to nurses who are pioneering virtual wards in their trusts to see how successful the roll-out has been so far and whether they think they will meet national targets.

Nurses must use a vital opportunity to fight for change and force…

A pioneering fellowship programme was launched in March this year by the…