Analysis
Grenfell: Finding and treating the bereaved and the witnesses
Outreach workers are striving to reach all those who may be living with the symptoms of post...
06 Dec 2017
Grenfell: The healthcare response timeline
How NHS and other healthcare professionals responded when the fire began, and in the months...
06 Dec 2017
Grenfell: Residents’ contacts with the NHS
The number and nature of Grenfell-related patient contacts with the NHS to date
06 Dec 2017
Grenfell: The team bringing hope of recovery to the community
A nurse-led mental health outreach team is working day and night to support a population...
06 Dec 2017
Homelessness among older people is ‘ticking time bomb’
There are insufficent dedicated services to care for the rising number of older people with...
14 Nov 2017
Social care staff maintaining quality in 'toughest climate', says CQC...
Latest Care Quality Commission report reveals pressure on the care home sector is at an...
18 Oct 2017
Delayed discharges remain 'stubbornly high', says NHS Providers...
Extra funding for emergency care system may not be enough to improve the care of frail,...
15 Sep 2017
Advancing care of residents in care homes
The National Institute for Health Research wants to change the way care is delivered to 416,...
15 Aug 2017
'Dementia does not define me'...
Speakers at a recent conference expressed the important role nurses play in reducing the...
15 Jun 2017
Experts agree on value of screening for irregular heartbeat in older people
A unique programme could be the way forward in detecting irregular heart rates and...
17 May 2017
MPs demand urgent review of social care funding
It could take ten years to achieve the cultural and system changes needed for health and...
11 Apr 2017
Exclusive: Nursing Standard-Sunday Mirror survey reveals realities of front-line nursing
Almost 60% of nurses feel stressed all or most of the time, according to an exclusive...
19 Mar 2017
'Long way to go' for high quality end of life care ...
A recent BMJ study has shown that clinical commissioning groups are not equipped to achieve...
15 Mar 2017
How care homes are being short-changed
As care homes struggle to make ends meet, research shows those who pay for their own care...
08 Feb 2017
Older domestic abuse victims need targeted support
Domestic abuse charity SafeLives is calling for a focus on older victims of domestic abuse...
12 Jan 2017
How one organisation has enhanced acute care for older patients
Positive results shine through for trust's pilot scheme enhancing the care of older...
10 Nov 2016
Will staff shortages force care homes to close?
Skills for Care survey finds one fifth of nurses in the adult social care sector work on...
13 Oct 2016