NY Bill Would Ban AI Chatbots From Impersonating Providers to Give Medical Advice

New York lawmakers are considering legislation that would restrict artificial intelligence chatbots from offering medical advice to users if impersonating a licensed professional. This standard is tied to what would…
Weapons Detectors Are Coming to Every Hospital in California, Under New Law

A California law passed in 2024 is about to change what it feels like to walk into a hospital. Under Assembly Bill 2975, every licensed general acute care and psychiatric…
ANA Officially Recognizes ‘Men’s Health Nursing’ Specialty

In a landmark move for both nursing and public health, the American Nurses Association (ANA) has officially recognized Men’s Health Nursing as a specialty practice area, adopting The Men’s Health…
Microsoft Launches Copilot Health ‘Hub’ to Access and Interpret All Users’ Health Data

Microsoft has introduced Copilot Health, a new AI-powered platform designed to help people better understand their personal health information by bringing medical records, wearable data, and lab results into a…
Midlands trust establishes new specialist dementia nursing team

A new specialist nursing team has been established at The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust to support patients with dementia, delirium or both. The post Midlands trust establishes new specialist dementia nursing team appeared first on Nursing Times.
Mental health nurses at troubled provider ‘anxious’ about future

Staff at a Midlands mental health provider, which was told earlier this week that NHS inpatients would be removed over safety concerns, are worried about their jobs, according to unions. The post Mental health nurses at troubled provider ‘anxious’ about future appeared first on Nursing Times.
Social care provider celebrates pioneering nurse prescriber

Faith Adetula has become a care provider’s first registered nursing home nurse to qualify as a non-medical prescriber. The post Social care provider celebrates pioneering nurse prescriber appeared first on Nursing Times.
‘SPQ programmes support the future of community nursing in Wales’

Emma Davies on how expanding specialist practitioner education helps supports professional development within the community setting. The post ‘SPQ programmes support the future of community nursing in Wales’ appeared first on Nursing Times.
‘Bank work is not a fix for a broken system’
Student editor Jen Winch on how the NHS needs to protect the workforce of the future and investment must not stop at bursaries or placements. The post ‘Bank work is not a fix for a broken system’ appeared first on Nursing Times.
The Relentless School Nurse: Experience Is Not the End of the Story: It is the Part We Carry Forward

As I write this, retirement is beginning to come into view after decades in nursing and school health. If all goes as planned, I expect to step away from my daily work at the start of 2027. Retirement is often described as withdrawal, a quiet stepping back from work that has shaped a life. What…