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A group of community nurses and midwives have become the latest to be awarded the prestigious title of Queen’s Nurse. They have completed the nine-month Queen’s Nurse Development Programme (QNDP) and were awarded the accompanying title during a ceremony on 24 November in Edinburgh. “These 24 exceptional individuals can be…

Nursing staff who work for a social enterprise, which delivers NHS care, are going on strike for a fourth time to demand they are paid the same as public sector nurses. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN)’s Yorkshire and the Humber branch has announced that nurses employed by Care Plus…

Tributes have been paid following the death of David Pugh, an inspirational and widely respected senior community nurse who led a national network for district nurses for more than a decade. Mr Pugh, who had worked in health and care for more than 30 years, died peacefully on Wednesday 8…

Community nurses at a social enterprise in the North East of England have gone on strike for a third time to demand pay parity with NHS colleagues. Employed by Lincolnshire-based Care Plus Group (CPG), the nurses are currently staging a two-day walk out which began yesterday. "It beggars belief that…

The Queen’s Nursing Institute (QNI) has published draft education and practice standards for three further specialisms in community nursing. The standards cover health and justice nursing, community palliative and end-of-life care nursing, and community learning disability nursing. “Your feedback during the consultation period is warmly encouraged" Agnes Fanning A consultation…

Health leaders have welcomed a “long overdue” England-wide strategy for tackling six of the most common major medical conditions in the country, but say more detail – and haste – is needed. Cancer, cardiovascular disease (CVD) including stroke and diabetes, musculoskeletal disorders (MSK), mental ill-health, dementia, and chronic respiratory disease…

The number of district nurses who have qualified with a specialist practitioner qualification (SPQ) has dropped by 6% in a year, new research has shown. This week the Queen’s Nursing Institute (QNI) published findings from its review into district nurse education across the UK for the 2021-22 academic year. The…

The Queen’s Nursing Institute (QNI) has launched new standards for six groups of community nurses alongside an accreditation programme for universities that use them to design courses. The ‘field specific standards’ cover adult social care nursing, community children's nursing, community mental health nursing, district nursing, general practice nursing, and inclusion…

Community nursing staff working at a social enterprise organisation in Lincolnshire have voted in favour of taking strike action over the “burning issue” of pay, terms and conditions. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) held an industrial action ballot with its members at Care Plus Group over July and 93%…

As money worries plague more and more patients, nurses are being offered new training on how to help people suffering from financial stress-related conditions. According to a new survey, more than half (57%) of nurses say they have seen an increase in the number of patients presenting with conditions potentially caused…