An alternative language test to check foreign nurses’ communication skills could occur “within weeks” following an “overwhelmingly positive” response to a consultation on the changes, the Nursing and Midwifery Council has said. Employers, including Care Forum Wales members, have expressed… read more »
The Supreme Court has today (August 2) ruled in favour of Welsh local authorities in the long-running legal dispute between councils and health boards over who pays for Funded Nursing Care in residential homes. The NHS pays for people who… read more »
A manager at a Newport care home is helping raise nursing standards in social care after completing a ground-breaking training programme that has just been shortlisted for an NHS Wales Award. Edgar Bautista, who came to Wales from the Philippines 10… read more »
Following the Assembly elections on May 5, First Minister Carwyn Jones announced a new cabinet for the Welsh Government which includes a change to the leadership on health and social care. Former Deputy Health Minister, Vaughan Gething (pictured below), becomes… read more »
On February 4 the Court of Appeal rules handed down judgment in Forge Care Homes Ltd v Cardiff & Vale University Health Board – the case concerned the division of responsibility between the NHS and local authorities for ‘Funded Nursing Care’ (“FNC”)… read more »
Assembly Members have passed the Safe Nursing Staffing Levels (Wales) Bill to make sure hospitals have safe levels of nurses on duty at all times. The Bill, passed by AMs on February 4, aims to ensure that nurse staffing levels… read more »
From April 1 there is a new revalidation process that all nurses and midwives will need to go through in order to renew their registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). The NMC is calling on all employers of… read more »
CFW is urging care home managers and nursing professionals to help raise awareness of the issue of pressure ulcers ahead of ‘Stop Pressure Ulcer Day’ on November 19. The day is being supported by the European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (EPUAP) again… read more »
The director of the Royal College of Nursing Wales has said that not enough nurses are being trained to meet healthcare needs in Wales. The call by Tina Donnelly came after Welsh Government figures, revealed after a Freedom of Information… read more »
A question was raised at the most recent meeting of CFW’s Council about the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s requirement for all nurses to have in place “an indemnity arrangement” for their practice. The advice from our legal advisor, Alison Castrey,… read more »