Nursing blogs
5 Popular Medical Specialties for Post-Grad UK Doctors
If there is one thing we have learned from the abomination of a year that was 2020, it’s that we should never take our doctors and all our healthcare workers for granted. Training to become a doctor takes years of study, not to mention a whole bunch of dedication and hard work mixed in…
Read MoreDoctors in Distress -The Charity Championing Change
We recently caught up with our friends at Doctors in Distress, a voluntary charity, set up to support healthcare professionals with their work struggles that can often lead to mental health problems. This entirely voluntary organisation was inspired by Consultant Cardiologist Dr Jagdip Sidhu’s sudden and tragic death in 2018 by suicide. Dr Jagdip…
Read MoreManaging Stress as a Frontline Worker
Are you a healthcare worker fighting COVID-19 on the frontline? Feel exhausted, stressed, and overwhelmed? Yet proud to be a hero. Well, even superheroes get stressed, it’s the body’s response to a crisis and perfectly natural, but what happens when your feeling too stressed, can’t think straight, lack energy and just can’t focus? Tips…
Read MoreWhat’s Hot in Healthcare for 2021? Five Emerging Trends
Due to recent world events, it’s probably safe to assume that everybody has now realised just how important healthcare is and how hard healthcare practitioners, doctors, nurses, surgeons, GPs, and many more besides work to provide healthcare to the general public. If there’s one thing the Coronavirus pandemic has highlighted in the healthcare industry,…
Read MoreNHS Reform – Key Points
Ever since the global pandemic took hold here in the UK back in 2020, it is safe to say that COVID-19 has changed the way our National Health Service operates. For the last year now, hospitals up and down the UK, many of which have been hugely understaffed, have found themselves on the brink of…
Read MoreTop 5 Tricky Questions at a Nursing Interview
Most of us have been there, sweaty palms, racing heart, and ever hopeful that this is the job for us. Then the question you have been hoping will not come up suddenly comes from the interviewer’s mouth, and you are like a rabbit hit by headlights! Being prepared helps you feel relaxed. Also, having a…
Read More