Juliette Cosgrove

Juliette Cosgrove, chief nurse and managing director of the NHS Professionals (NHSP) Academy is delighted and encouraged to see the increased demand for clinical supervision programmes. Here, she shares why she believes these courses are crucial to professional development, workforce wellbeing and patient care. In our efforts for continuous improvement…

On 19 August 2024, Nursing Times published an article on findings from a study entitled Temporary nurses ‘not long-term solution to staff gaps, warn researchers. As the largest provider of temporary bank staff to the NHS, we believe that research of this kind should be considered in context. This University…

The NHS Long Term Workforce Plan paves the way for 51,000 more people to be enrolled onto professional education programmes by 2031. This should reduce vacancy rates and the demand for international recruitment and bank staff, and also create more demand for healthcare support workers (HCSWs) to work alongside nurses…

NHS Professionals familiarly known as NHSP by the tens of thousands of health professionals and support workers who are registered to our bank, play our part in the healthcare workforce engine by providing flexible work for healthcare workers to support the smooth running of hospitals and community care services all…

Like many nurses up and down the country, I recognise the concerns highlighted in a recently published report on safe staffing (Bit.ly/SotonSafeStaffing). It emerges from a two-year research project conducted at the University of Southampton and Bangor University, and commissioned by the National Institute for Health Research. The overall assessment…

Some patients admitted to hospital have pre-existing tooth decay or gum disease; others have healthy mouths on admission but will develop problems related to poor mouth care during their stay.