The N.H.S turns 70 this week.

The N.H.S turns 70 this week. On 5 July 1948, the NHS was launched by Aneurin Bevan, at Park Hospital in Manchester. For the first time, hospitals, doctors, nurses, pharmacists, opticians and dentists were brought together under one umbrella to...

10 Reasons Why Teaching Makes for a Great Career

10 Reasons Why Teaching Makes for a Great Career If you have ever considered a career in teaching, there are several potential motivators. There’s no doubt that Teaching can be a very challenging profession, but there are also numerous benefits. B...

Five Key Traits That Make a Successful Social Worker.

There are many attributes that make a social worker successful, however below we have compiled what we think are the top 5 that are crucial if you are to be a success within the profession. Firstly, you must be empathetic. The most important ch...

Nursing unions welcome Theresa May's NHS funding boost but warn that it may not be enough

The prime minister has announced that the government is to increase NHS England’s current £114bn budget by an average of 3.4% in each of the next five years. According to May, by “2023-24 there will be about £600m a week more in cash going into th...

New campaign 80-20 launched to address the disproportionate amount of time social workers spend on paperwork.

The 80-20 campaign aims to address the imbalance in the amount of time social workers spend doing paperwork rather than spending the time working directly with children and their families. It has been launched by the British Association of Soci...

NMC launches new standards to ‘shape next generation of nurses’

The Nursing and Midwifery Council has launched a new set of standards on the skills and knowledge the “next generation of nurses will learn to enable them to deliver world class care”. The nursing regulator has also introduced standards for a “...

What is Mental Health Awareness week and why do we need it?

What is Mental Health Awareness week and why do we need it? Mental Health Awareness week is organised by the Mental Health Foundation and focuses on a major issue each year. Mental Health Awareness week runs between the 14th and 20th of May and...

Teachers to be offered a year's paid leave to improve retention.

Teachers to be offered a year's paid leave to improve retention. Education secretary Damian Hinds plans to unveil a £5m scheme in a bid to keep experienced teachers in schools. Teachers in England are to be offered up to a year’s paid sabbatica...

6 Steps to Help you Pass a Job Interview.

  6 Steps to Help you Pass a Job Interview. Research. One of the best things you can do to prepare yourself for a job interview is research the company. By researching the company you are able to show that you are serious about getting hi...