In each issue we investigate a hot topic currently affecting you and your community practice. Here, Jason Beckford-Ball looks at the UK’s decision to leave the European Union and asks 'What will Brexit mean for community nurses?
he days immediately following the Brexit vote felt a bit like the day after a wedding reception — the balloons had all been popped; the drunken uncles and aunts had been put into taxis; and the cake crumbs and smashed glasses had being swept from the dancefloor. Now it was time to forget the speeches and the promises and get on with the rest of our lives.
In each issue we investigate a hot topic currently affecting you and your practice.
Here, Jason Beckford-Ball looks at the wealth of information provided about dementia and asks the question...
In each issue of the Journal of Community Nursing we investigate a hot topic currently affecting our readers. Here, Jason Beckford-Ball looks at the state of NHS mental health provision in the community, and asks the question...
In each issue of the Journal of Community Nursing we investigate a hot topic currently affecting our readers. Here, Jason Beckford-Ball looks at the proposed sugar tax in NHS hospitals and health centres, and asks the question...
In each issue of the Journal of Community Nursing we investigate a hot topic Jason Beckford-Ball looks at the impact or proposed cuts to nursing student funding and asks the question....
Will cutting student bursaries choke the supply of new nurses?
In each issue of the Journal of Community Nursing we investigate a hot topic currently affecting our readers. Here, Jason Beckford-Ball looks at the impact of popular research on lifestyle choices and asks the questions…
Crystal Oldman is chief executive of the Queen’s Nursing Institute (QNI).
The QNI has just published its latest report into the Fund for Innovation and Leadership programme that it runs with support from the Burdett Trust for Nursing. The fund is one of the most practical and immediate ways in which we help nurses to develop a wide range of skills, and improve patient care in the community.
In each issue of the Journal of Community Nursing we investigate a hot topic currently affecting our readers. Here, Jason Beckford-Ball looks at the public sector pay announcements in the recent budget and asks the question...
Will community nurses ever get a fair deal on pay?
Jason Beckford-Ball looks at the increase in lifestyle-related conditions like stroke and asks the question...
Is community nursing in danger of becoming an emergency service?
Reading between the lines and ignoring all the political showboating that will inevitably precede the general election on 7 May, what are the key differences between the major parties? And what effect will this have on funding, jobs, nurses and, most importantly, quality of service?