All Nursing articles – Page 50
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NewsParliament gives 'zero harm' bill financial backing
The government has given financial backing to a bill that legislates for zero harm in the NHS and changes the way professional regulators determine fitness to practise.
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NewsExclusive: Eight Morecambe Bay midwives face NMC action
Eight midwives who worked for the foundation trust at the centre of an inquiry into infant and maternal deaths could face disciplinary action
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NewsGuidance falls short on anti-bullying rules
New guidance that demands doctors and nurses are open about their mistakes does not include an explicit warning against staff obstructing or bullying their colleagues, sparking concern from campaigners.
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News£35m of key technology funding withheld by DH
Over a third of the flagship £100m nursing technology fund has been held back, with the Department of Health declining to confirm a new date for its release
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NewsHospital nursing posts dip for second month in a row
The numbers of nursing staff employed in NHS hospitals has dipped for the second month in a row for the first time since the start of the “Francis effect” on nurse recruitment
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NewsExpanded roles envisaged for non-medical staff
The roles and responsibilities of non-medical NHS staff would be dramatically expanded under the five year forward view
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CommentUse technology on the front line to boost staff morale and patient care
NHS staff need extra support to deliver quality care
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HSJ LocalMorecambe Bay inquiry set for another delay
An investigation into maternal deaths and failings at the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust looks set to be delayed for the second time.
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News'Hostile' private provider ordered to pay whistleblowing nurse's costs
A private provider of nursing services across Britain must pay the legal costs of a whistleblowing nurse, according to a tribunal that described the firm as ‘unreasonably hostile’.
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NewsThree trusts end Capita HR contracts
Trusts in London and Merseyside have ended their contracts with Capita for human resources and pay services
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News'Francis effect' stalls as nurse numbers fall
The rapid increase in registered nurses employed in the NHS has stopped, with numbers now falling for the first time this year
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NewsUnison to strike on turnout of just 16 per cent
The NHS Confederation has questioned the legitimacy of next month’s planned NHS strike after it emerged that just 16 per cent of Unison members took part in the vote.
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NewsExclusive: HEE spends £4.7m to tempt nurses back to NHS
Health Education England plans to spend almost £5m to attract thousands of nurses back into the NHS, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsLabour 'needs to address funding to universities' to meet workforce pledge
Labour would have to address a shortage of funding to universities if it were to deliver on its pledge for 36,000 extra NHS staff if it formed a government, HSJ has been told
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HSJ LocalSecond inquest into Stafford Hospital death resumes
A second inquest into the death of a man who died after being treated at Stafford Hospital in 2006 was due to resume in Leicestershire today.
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NewsNHS faces strike action after Unison poll
The NHS could be hit by strike action as soon as next month after a majority of Unison members voted in favour of industrial action over pay.
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HSJ KnowledgeThrough the eyes of a commissioner: what really matters in cancer care
Reflecting on care experiences
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NewsGovernment seeks round the clock cover for 'no additional pay'
Government ambitions to deliver more NHS services seven days a week without increasing the wage bill have been branded an ‘attack on hard working nurses’.
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HSJ LocalCouncil threatens Mid Staffs with 'inevitable' legal challenge
Plans to shift maternity services away from Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust as part of its dissolution could face a legal challenge from Stafford Borough Council.
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NewsNHS England withdraws involvement from baby death probe
NHS England appears to have ruled itself out of direct involvement in patient care investigations after refusing to join the Care Quality Commission in a probe into the death of a baby girl.