Nursing revalidation will raise standards, says NMC chief – Health Service Journal
Implementing revalidation for the nursing profession will raise standards, the chief executive of the Nursing and Midwifery Council has said.

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Language Controls For Nurses, Midwives, Dentists, Dental Care Professionals, Pharmacists And Pharmacy Technicians: Government Response – Department of Health 
This document outlines the government response to a consultation on changes to allow professional regulatory bodies to impose language controls on nursing, dental and pharmacy professionals. The vast majority of the 71 responses received support proposals to allow these regulators the power to apply language controls, where appropriate, to healthcare professionals, to ensure they have a sufficient knowledge of the English language to practise safely in the UK.

What if you get what you’re owed? – RCN launches excess hours campaign – Royal College of Nursing 
The RCN has launched a campaign to highlight the extra hours of unpaid work that nursing staff are regularly doing

NICE Learning Modules – NICE
NICE has developed a range of online learning resources in collaboration with partners and has identified a range of additional tools to support implementation of NICE guidance. Using the online education modules will enable you to:

• keep up to date with recent evidence as summarised in the relevant NICE guidance
• challenge misconceptions about putting the guidance into practice
• apply your newly acquired knowledge in your practice and to address any potential barriers
• reflect and compare your own practice with the NICE recommendations

The tools are free to use and open to all. As some are produced in partnership with organisations, they are hosted on different websites, you may need to provide your email address and a password to register.

• Acute Kidney Injury for nurses and healthcare support workers
• Anxiety disorders
• Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a guide to management in adults and children (updated 2014)
• Bipolar disorder: management in primary care
• Bipolar disorder: management in secondary care
• Borderline personality disorder and antisocial personality disorder: a guide to management
• Cancer: Suspected breast cancer: when you should refer (updated 2014)
• Cancer: Suspected lower gastrointestinal tract cancer: when you should refer
• Cancer: Suspected lung cancer: when you should refer
• Chest pain of recent origin – assessment and diagnosis
• Children: Spotting the sick child
• Children: When to suspect child maltreatment
• Chronic heart failure: a guide to management
• Chronic kidney disease: early identification and management in adults
• Complications of pregnancy in primary care
• Constipation in childhood and nocturnal enuresis
• Constipation: Idiopathic constipation and nocturnal enuresis in childhood: a guide to management
• Dementia
• Depression in adults
• Depression in adults with a chronic health problem
• Diabetic foot problems – inpatient management
• Epilepsy: diagnosis and management (updated March 2014)
• Evidence into practice – how to bring about change
• Evidence into practice – how to make evidence based decisions
• Evidence into practice – how to put guidance into practice
• Evidence into practice – how to use audit to improve patient care
• Feverish illness in young children (updated April 2014)
• Glaucoma – chronic open angle glaucoma and ocular hypertension: diagnosis and management
• Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) methodology
• HIV: Increasing the uptake of HIV testing – issues for primary care and non-specialists
• Heavy menstrual bleeding: management in primary care
• Heavy menstrual bleeding: management in secondary care
• Hip Fracture
• Hip fracture: management in adults
• IV fluids for prescribers
• Irritable bowel syndrome in adults: diagnosis and management in primary care (updated March 2014)
• Lipid modification
• Lower limb peripheral arterial disease
• Lower urinary tract symptoms in men: a guide to management
• Meningococcal disease in children: diagnosis and management in primary care
• Metastatic malignant disease of unknown primary origin: diagnosis and management
• Metastatic spinal cord compression
• Neutropenic sepsis
• Nutrition: E-learning resource on the use of the MUST nutritional screening tool
• Obesity
• Opioids
• Osteoarthritis: a guide to management in adults (updated 2014)
• Ovarian cancer: Recognising early symptoms in primary care – audio module
• Ovarian cancer: Recognising early symptoms of ovarian cancer
• Prevention of sexually transmitted infections and under 18 conceptions
• Prophylaxis against infective endocarditis in adults and children undergoing interventional procedures
• Prostate cancer: a guide for GPs and non-specialists (updated 2014)
• Psychosis with coexisting substance misuse
• Rheumatoid arthritis: an update on management
• Smoking cessation
• Tuberculosis
• Unstable angina and non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI)
• Urinary incontinence in women (updated April 2014)
• Urinary tract infection in children: diagnosis, treatment, and long term management
• VTE Prevention e-Learning module
• VTE: Preventing venous thromboembolism
• Venous thromboembolism – reducing the risk

Kent trust told to improve by the CQC – Health Service Journal
PERFORMANCE: Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust has been told it must improve following an inspection by the Care Quality Commission, which found that the trust’s governance was ‘inadequate’.

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St George’s given foundation trust status – Health Service Journal
St George’s Healthcare Trust today becomes St George’s University Hospitals Foundation Trust, after being granted foundation trust status by Monitor.

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Being Experienced Doesn’t Automatically Make You a Great Mentor – Harvard Business Review 
Coaching and mentoring is more popular than ever — and for good reason. As individuals progress in their jobs and careers, they’re constantly challenged to build their skills and act outside their comfort zones. Timid executives are called upon to learn to deliver motivational speeches; conflict-avoidant managers need to learn to deliver bad news; and mild-mannered job seekers need to pitch and promote themselves at networking events.

If Your Boss Thinks You’re Awesome, You Will Become More Awesome – Harvard Business Review 
If your boss thinks you’re awesome, will that make you more awesome?  This question came to us recently, when we were working with the top three levels of management in a multinational.  When asked to rate their direct reports on 360 evaluations, some managers consistently rated everyone higher, and others consistently lower, than the average. We wondered if this was a result of bias, and what effect it had on the people who worked for them.

What Kind of Leader Do You Want to Be? – Harvard Business Review 
It’s the question missing from so much of leadership development: “What kind of leader do you want to be?”  Many have thought about their leadership footprint at some point, but few have defined it clearly enough to guide their behavior and evaluate their “success.” Of those who have, fewer give it regular consideration – letting it guide their daily decisions – or share it with others, to get feedback and be held accountable.

How to Really Listen to Your Employees – Harvard Business Review 
Let’s face it: strong leaders tend to be characterized by their strong opinions, decisive action, and take-no-prisoners attitude. These are important traits, but it’s equally important for managers to stand down and listen up. Yet many leaders struggle to do this, in part because they’ve become more accustomed to speaking than listening. So, how can you develop this muscle? What are the barriers to good listening and how do you overcome them?

Case Study: Can a Work-at-Home Policy Hurt Morale? – Harvard Business Review
Case study on the impact of working from home on the whole workforce.

Just Managing: Is the NHS in crisis again? – Health Services Management Centre (HSMC)
Professor Mark Exworthy’s Inaugural Lecture examined the ways in which the NHS is ‘managed’, using three contrasting perspectives.

‘Hello my name is’ campaign adopted by 100 plus NHS trusts – Nursing Times 
More than 100 NHS organisations – comprising more than 400,000 staff – have signed up to support a campaign to improve patient experience, which was officially rolled out yesterday.

The Southport and Ormskirk senior nursing team is supporting #hellomynameis http://t.co/6q4DuY3Emr pic.twitter.com/6bddVRJf56

Gaining valid consent in obstetrics and gynaecology
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists has published revised guidance for healthcare professionals on gaining valid consent from patients. The guidance covers obtaining a woman’s consent for a test, treatment, intervention or operation such as screening tests, consent for emergency caesarean sections, pelvic examinations and ultrasound examinations. The document also covers training and the presence of students during procedures. Moreover, it covers whether consent should be verbal or written and what happens if consent is not obtained.