When Compassion in Practice was published in December last year, I knew it was not going to be a document to gather dust. The vision and strategy for nurses, midwives and care staff was crafted by Jane Cummings, chief nursing …
Career choice is one of the most important decisions in anyone’s life; we know career choices amongst young people can be influenced by so many factors including life experiences, family and peers. Within nursing we know that we need the …
Last year I read a couple of great books that really made me think and focussed my mind on new ways of looking at the world. One of those books was ‘Intelligent Kindness’ by John Ballant and Penelope Campling. It …
Drawing on contributions and input from around 9,000 nurses, midwives care staff and patients, we are delighted to launch Compassion in Practice, the new three-year plan. Our enduring values for high quality care and good health and wellbeing are set …
