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In Brief: UK Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting
The UK Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting says it is 'extremely concerned' that the government's plans to reform the Mental Health Act make no provision for the prosecution of staff who sexually or physically abuse patients, or steal from them. It also rejected a green paper proposal ...
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In brief: whole-time nurse equivalents
The number of whole-time nurse equivalents has risen by 3,000 over the past 12-month period, according to estimates from the government statistical service. The figures to September 1999 show an increase of 4,500 nurses in NHS hospital and community health services in England.
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HA pays out £800,000 to nurse after lifting injury
A former intensive care nurse has accepted more than £800,000 from Greenwich health authority after two hospital back injuries left him unable to work. Karl Douglas, a 28-year-old staff nurse, had to give up his career in 1992 when he injured his back lifting a 76kg (12 stone) patient without ...
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Trust lifts eviction threat to nurses caught in PFI sell-off
A London trust has apologised for its 'insensitivity' in serving eviction notices on 55 student nurses.
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In Brief: Enrolled Nursing
The UK Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting is issuing guidance on the role and status of enrolled nurses. The move follows claims that some managers have been misinterpreting the legal position of ENs and imposing inappropriate restrictions on them.
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First 141 supernurses announced
Trusts across England have been given approval to create 141 nurse consultant posts, in a move the NHS Confederation hopes will lead to new top grades for other clinical staff The first wave of supernurse posts, announced by health secretary Alan Milburn last week, was selected from more than 300 ...
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Short Cuts: Numbers on nursing register fall to seven-year low
Annual statistics published by the UK Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting show the number of people on its register has fallen to a seven-year low. The number of people registered fell 3,220 to 634,229 last year. But the number leaving the register fell and the number joining ...
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In Brief: Royal College of Nursing
NHS employers have been told that they should only consider international recruitment 'when its professional and service value can be clearly demonstrated' and 'it will have no adverse effects upon the recruit's home healthcare system'.
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Primary nursing makes Blair 'hopping mad'
Sources close to prime minister Tony Blair have told senior nurses he is 'hopping mad' with the 'shambles' of nursing in primary care, where there are eight different types of practitioner.
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Pay deal 'is key to keeping nurses in NHS'
Nurses need a 'substantial' pay rise if the NHS is to retain the experienced staff needed to carry out the government's modernisation programme, the Royal College of Nursing said this week.
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Short cuts: Union seeks a 'beefed-up role' for school nurses
The Community Practitioners' and Health Visitors' Association has called for school nurses to be given a 'beefed-up role' in preventing teenage pregnancy and drug misuse. In a consultation document drawn up with the Queen's Nursing Institute, it proposes benchmarks for cover in schools, with a three-strong team led by a ...
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Nurse wins £30,000 for arrest over 'armed robbery'
London psychiatric nurse Lorette McQueen has won more than £30,000 from the Metropolitan Police. She was arrested by an armed police officer who suspected she was part of a gang about to rob a bank after she stopped to talk to two homeless patients while off-duty. Although Ms McQueen, who ...
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'Champion' of nurses is facing UKCC probe
A senior trust manager chosen to lead a regional taskforce to improve nurses' working lives is being investigated by nursing regulatory body the UK Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting.