All Nursing articles – Page 79
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NewsDeficient provision of food and water at Mid Staffs, inquiry found
“Unacceptable standards of care as a result of systemic failings” led to deficient provision of food and water to patients at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust, the independent inquiry has found.
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NewsFrancis complains Mid Staffs nurse numbers still not high enough
The number of nurses employed at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust is still not high enough, the head of the independent inquiry into failings at the trust has warned.
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NewsHigh incidence of falls at Mid Staffs due to 'insufficiently qualified' staff
Insufficiently qualified or inadequate numbers of staff probably contributed to the high incidence of falls at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust, the independent inquiry has concluded.
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NewsFailures in Mid Staffs continence care 'totally unacceptable'
Failures in continence care at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust would have been unlikely if there had been “an adequately implemented system of nursing and ward management”, the independent inquiry has concluded.
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NewsMid Staffs 'a warning on staff shortages'
The independent inquiry into serious failings at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust should act as a “siren” across the NHS to show the consequences of focusing on “process over patients”, the RCN has said.
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NewsRegulator starts separate inquiry into Mid Staffs
The Nursing and Midwifery Council has begun an investigation into events relating to nursing at Mid Staffs.
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NewsClinical staff 'not to blame' for majority of Mid Staffs failings
Staff contributions confirm that there was a “pattern of sub-standard service delivery” at Mid Staffs rather than isolated incidents, according to the Robert Francis inquiry into the trust.
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NewsNursing commission recommends stricter criteria for 'advanced' status
The Prime Minister’s Commission on the Future of Nursing and Midwifery will unleash reforms that could lead to a significant reduction in the numbers of highly paid “specialist nurses”.
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NewsGordon Brown outlines vision for more health and social care at home
Prime minister Gordon Brown has pledged to provide more NHS and social care to people in their own homes with new guarantees for cancer patients and elderly people.
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NewsGovernment promises free cancer home care
All 1.6 million people who have or have had cancer are to be offered free one-to-one care in their homes from a personal nurse under plans announced by Gordon Brown.
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NewsHome care ‘could save NHS more than £1bn a year’
The health service could save more than £1bn each year by increasing the number of patients it treats at home rather than in hospital, according to a report seen by HSJ.
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NewsManagers face professional regulation and tighter vetting
Managers would be regulated for the first time under a proposal being developed by the Department of Health in the wake of safety fears sparked by hospital scandals.
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NewsTrust failings allowed nurse to kill, says report
A series of failings at Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust in West Yorkshire allowed former nurse Colin Norris to kill four elderly patients, an independent inquiry has found.
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NewsPCT benefits from ambitious knowledge and skills framework redesign
A Yorkshire primary care trust has successfully transformed the knowledge and skills framework into a tool to aid workforce planning and boost productivity.
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NewsManager wins compensation after 'wrong colour' dismissal
North Cumbria University Hospitals Trust has said it has “learned many lessons” after it was ordered to pay £115,000 to a nursing chief who was told she was from the “wrong colour and culture”.
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NewsDH delays student funds shake-up
The Department of Health has decided to delay implementation of proposals to shake up doctor and nurse training funding for at least another year.
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NewsCQC critical over Milton Keynes baby deaths
A hospital that came under fire after two newborn babies died in its maternity unit has failed to implement sufficient improvements, the Care Quality Commission has said.
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NewsNMC report highlights midwife shortage
The Nursing and Midwifery Council has said the midwifery profession was “still playing catch up” after a report warned Britain’s rising birth rate was leading to a shortage of staff.
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CommentYour Humble Servant: manifest nonsense
‘Imagine - under the Tories, we are going to have new NHS organisations called foundation trusts, a tariff payment process, a choose and book system, a quality and outcomes framework for paying GPs and a formula that channels NHS funds to poorer areas’
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CommentZimmer frames in the snow and sinister swine flu
Ten days ago it looked as though we would get nothing but blanket coverage of the snow - in both senses - for days on end.