March 2024

This time four years ago, Covid-19 was increasingly dominating the world. On 23 March 2020, then UK prime minister Boris Johnson announced the first national lockdown. Fast forward four years and Nursing Times is reflecting on the start of that first lockdown and what it meant for nurses. Senior reporter Edd Church has spoken to a wide range of nurses across different specialties and settings about their memories of that difficult time. This month we have also interviewed the outgoing chief officer for Scotland on his legacy and the challenges for his successor. Meanwhile, our clinical section this month focuses on the sensitive topic of dealing with death. We have articles on adapting end-of-life education, nurturing compassionate care and introducing a silent pause after a patient dies.