Research
Study finds keeping nurses ‘happy in their jobs’ helps retain senior doctors
A 10% increase in nurse engagement accounted for a 2.6% decrease to the proportion of senior doctors leaving the NHS for good.
Nursing staff walk more than a marathon per week on shift
Firefighters logged the highest number of steps per week on average, with over 80,000 steps per worker.
Stressed and burnout nurses provide a lower quality of care, finds study
Nurses were asked to assess their mental health alongside the quality of care their organisation provided.
Pandemic leads to excess deaths in patients with mental health conditions and learning disabilities, finds study
Researchers at King's College London analysed anonymised data from more than 160,000 clinical e-records of patients from South London.
Parents key to reducing child deaths from serious illness, finds study
Healthcare professionals working more closely with the patients of sick children could lead to better outcomes.
NHS staff felt like ‘cannon fodder’ and experienced ‘moral injury’ during the pandemic, finds study
The majority said they felt abandoned by leadership, either within their NHS services or by the government.
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