Blogs and articles

01 Nov 2024 Skills for Care

We use this #GoodNewsFriday to celebrate some of the leading nurses from our sector. read more

22 Oct 2024 Skills for Care

We reflect on a recent collaboration with the University of Salford which looked to promote the value of social care nursing in education. read more

30 May 2024 Skills for Care

We hear four different perspectives on how we can ensure a good experience for international nurses recruited in social care. These are taken from a v…read more

26 Feb 2024 Itai Nyamator

Itai Nyamatore, Registered Manager, GAIN Care Ltd - DERBY and registered nurse discusses how she balances her continuing professional development acro…read more

21 Feb 2024 Claire Leenhouwers

Claire Leenhouwers, National Professional Lead – Nursing, Skills for Care, discusses the work Skills for Care has been doing to provide guidance aroun…read more

28 Dec 2023 Skills for Care

Over the Christmas and New Year period we’re sharing some additional good news stories from the sector in 2023. This time we hear from Paula du Rand, …read more

07 Sep 2023 Dr Paula du Rand

Paula du Rand, Registered Manager at Kineton Manor Nursing Home discusses the recruitment process they use for finding and keeping nurses and nursing …read more

17 Aug 2023 Grace Cook

In this blog from Grace Cook, Resilience-Based Clinical Supervision (RBCS) Programme Manager at the Foundation of Nursing Studies (FoNS), she shares h…read more

13 Jul 2023 Skills for Care

Zoe Steventon, registered nurse and General Manager at Edgbaston Manor, and Rebecca Kneller, registered nurse and Deputy Manager at Edgbaston Manor sh…read more

24 May 2023 Rob Moriarty

Rob employs personal assistants (PAs) to support him. He tells us how having healthcare activities delegated to his PAs has made his life better. read more