Anna Selby explains why championing courage, leading by example and a proactive approach are all key to speaking up when nurses are concerned about the quality or safety of a care home. The post ‘Nurses can change lives when they speak their minds’ appeared first on Nursing Times.

Overworked and underpaid nurses cannot wait until 2028 for the government to solve the crisis in the social care, leading nursing organisations have warned amid historic plans for reforming the sector. The post Social care reforms must ‘move quickly’ and involve nurses appeared first on Nursing Times.

Lucy Gillespie, from Skills for Care, encourages nursing colleagues to get their voice heard and take part in a major consultation on government health and social care policy. The post ‘A call for nursing voices in shaping the 10-year plan’ appeared first on Nursing Times.

Nursing unions have welcomed government plans to tackle exploitation and abuse of migrant care workers but have called for a full investigation into the scale of the problem and better support for those affected. The post Government ‘cracking down’ on exploitation of migrant care workers appeared first on Nursing Times.

Increases to employer national insurance contributions and the minimum wage are set to cost the adult social care sector an additional £2.8bn next year, putting independent social care providers “at risk of collapse”, a new analysis has found. The post National insurance hike threatens ‘collapse’ of adult social care appeared first on Nursing Times.

A learning disabilities nurse has being the latest recipient of a prestigious national award for services to social care. The post Nurse recognised in national award for services to social care appeared first on Nursing Times.