Barbara Docherty

Barbara Docherty feels nurses haven’t been consulted about the Government’s recent primary care initiatives, and issues such as pay parity won’t go away 

Nurse Barbara Docherty looks back through the decades to a simpler era of self-reliance 

Imagine a healthcare system that includes 24-hour medical care clinics run by a large collective of GPs, all of whom agree to do a shift from a regular roster to spread the work evenly

Failing to stick to your profession’s code of conduct has consequences – but so, too, do everyday interactions with patients, writes Barbara Docherty 

After practice nurses miss out on pay parity funding due to “lack of evidence”, nurse educator Barbara Docherty outlines a strategy to get the best proof of nurses’ worth 

A family funeral has Barbara Docherty reminiscing about past attitudes to death where there’s always a place for humour