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In-depth, independent stories and context on working in UK health and social care — written by our editors and free to read. 33 articles and counting.
Immunisations, chronic disease clinics, wound care, cervical screening and health promotion, often in the same morning. What practice nursing involves and how to move into it.
Community nursing has its own qualifications, its own pressures and a level of independence hospital roles rarely offer. What the career path looks like.
Perioperative nursing is a distinct world with its own roles, language and rhythm. What scrub, circulating and recovery nurses do, and how to get into theatres.
Teaching the next intake is a real career route, not just an add-on. What practice education roles involve, how they are funded, and how clinicians move into them.
The nursing associate role was designed with a bridge to registered nursing built in. How the top-up programme works, how long it takes, and what to weigh up.
Plenty of clinicians end up managing services rather than treating patients. What the transition involves, what you gain and lose, and how people make the jump.
Advanced practice is one of the biggest steps available to nurses, paramedics and AHPs. What the four pillars mean, what the training involves, and who it suits.
Support workers become registered nurses every year, usually through apprenticeships, secondments or part-time study. How each route works and what it demands.
A caseload, a car and a boot full of dressings. Community nursing gives you autonomy most ward roles cannot, and a working day shaped entirely by geography.
Observations, one-to-ones, de-escalation and the long quiet stretches. An honest look at a role that is far more skilled than the job title suggests.
Medication rounds, supervising a team, family conversations and care plans. What the senior carer role actually involves, and how it differs from the floor.
Twelve hours on an ambulance: unpredictable calls, long handovers, quick decisions in other people's front rooms, and the paperwork nobody warns you about.
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