History of Nursing Times: The 1980s
Masthead of Nursing Times cover from the 1980s
Nursing Times’ decade started with a ‘Save It’ campaign aimed at nurses looking for ways to save the NHS money, so that more could be spent on better patient care.
This prompted many interesting suggestions including dispensing with nurses’ paper caps, reducing spending on advertising for nurses, and lists to be given to ward sisters with prices of all supplies and cheaper alternatives to them.
A new phenomenon was reported on in 1982 – the nurse practitioner – with a feature about pioneer Barbara Stilwell in Birmingham.
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Nursing Times feature entitle ‘AIDS – A 20th century plague?’ was published in 1983 and warned that the mysterious disease that was striking down gay men in the USA had arrived in the UK.
The government is set to renege on a pledge to provide £5m towards the training of nurses and midwives in developing countries across the world, Nursing
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The Duchess of Cambridge, in a pre-recorded video message, for the closing events, said: “Covid-19 has highlighted the vital role that nurses provide, which we all rely on, and it’s made all the more extraordinary when we consider the huge sacrifices and personal demands that have been placed on all of you by the pandemic.”
Meanwhile, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the WHO, said: “The Nursing Now campaign has pushed countries towards action, developed a new generation of leaders in nurses, and increased the influence of nursing in health systems across the world.
“As the campaign comes to an end, I urge countries to invest in nurses, so they are supported, protected, motivated, and equipped to deliver safe care,” he said.