Analysis
Strategic thinking: improving care for children with life-limiting illnesses
There is a unique opportunity to improve the care provided to children with life-limiting...
23 Jan 2017
Childhood obesity: what can nurses do to balance the scales?
With one in three 10 to 11 year-olds either obese or overweight and England’s recent...
23 Jan 2017
Helping children with serious conditions return to their families
Eleven years ago, Linda Partridge joined the WellChild charity, with a mission to alter the...
28 Nov 2016
Child abuse inquiry urges nurses to help survivors tell their stories
An independent inquiry into child sexual abuse is looking to nurses for support in bringing...
23 Nov 2016
Too little progress found in neonatal units
More needs to be done to drive up basic standards in neonatal units, according to the latest...
18 Oct 2016
Regional variations in palliative end-of-life care
A new guideline on end of life care for children and young people is due out later this year
23 Sep 2016
FGM remains a hidden crime, say MPs
Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a hidden crime and a ‘national scandal’, MPs warned...
22 Sep 2016
Generic and specialist training: is the balance right?
Changes to the make-up of nursing education warrant more debate
05 Jul 2016
Understaffed transfer services may put infants’ lives at risk
Specialist neonatal transport services are essential parts of care provision for sick and...
09 May 2016
Travellers warned about Zika virus
NHS staff working in primary care have been advised to take a more precautionary approach to...
09 May 2016
Reflective practice is vital to the revalidation process
At the beginning of this month, the first nurses to use the new revalidation system will...
11 Apr 2016
Understanding the effects of eczema
Emotional and practical support is crucial for the families of children with eczema. This...
08 Mar 2016
Care for children is changing
Transforming care has become a buzz phrase in the health service. Since NHS England’s Five-...
08 Mar 2016
Greater collaboration vital to treating asthma in the young
Asthma is now so common that in every classroom there will be, on average, at least two...
09 Feb 2016
Making school nurses ‘carer aware’
The number of children and young people who carry out a caring role in the home is unknown,...
09 Feb 2016
Virtual children’s ward brings the hospital into the home
Lead nurse Zoe Tribble believes she manages a unique service. She oversees four other nurses...
11 Dec 2015
Key workers ‘essential’ for cancer care
The role of the key worker for children with cancer has been much talked about over the...
11 Dec 2015