This month, as we reach the halfway point in the year, we have spoken to a range of leaders who are either nurses themselves or close to the profession, on how they view the future challenges and reforms facing nursing and health and social care, both nationally and globally.
Chief nursing officer for England Duncan Burton has shared his thoughts with us on the government’s NHS reform agenda and what it might mean for nurses and midwives. London’s chief nurse, Karen Bonner, meanwhile, has written about the need to innovate on workforce recruitment and retention and, in her monthly column, Helené Donnelly has urged ministers to actively listen to and respect nursing staff when it comes to shaping change.
Looking beyond these shores, Dr Pamela Cipriano, president of the International Council of Nurses, has spoken exclusively to Nursing Times about the future of the profession on a global scale.
Likewise, influential peer and former NHS chief executive Lord Nigel Crisp has told Nursing Times why he is backing nursing to influence changes in global healthcare and what he thinks the profession requires to thrive in future.
As well as looking to what lies ahead, we also have some great articles in the clinical practice section that are focused providing care in the present. We have articles on steroid use in palliative care, managing patients with long Covid and treating prostate cancer patients from minority backgrounds, plus much more besides.