All Nursing articles – Page 81
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NewsDH disputes maternity choice findings
The Department of Health has disputed claims by the National Childbirth Trust that most expectant mothers still have no choice but to have their babies in hospital.
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HSJ KnowledgeLower leg care: no one left out on a limb
Leg Clubs are a social model for managing treatment such as ulcer care, where patients can feel in control and share information, says Julian Tyndale-Biscoe
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News£1.5m spent on private care for NHS staff in three years
The NHS spent £1.5m over the last three years paying for its staff to receive private healthcare, the Liberal Democrats have claimed.
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NewsNMC calls on government to help whistleblowers
Nurses and midwives are not reporting poor care because of bad whistleblowing procedures, the chair of the Nursing and Midwifery Council has said.
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NewsSHAs must assess delivery of maternity choice
A survey next year will assess the NHS’s delivery of choice in maternity care.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to champion patient dignity
Privacy and dignity champions from across your workforce can enhance the patient experience, explains Alison Moore
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NewsSwine flu: former nurses urged to re-register
A possible shortage of nurses and midwives caused by another swine flu outbreak has prompted the Scottish government to offer to pay former nurses £100 to re-register.
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NewsTraining blamed for hospital deaths
Death rates in hospitals are more to do with poorly trained medical staff than complications from major surgery, according to research published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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CommentCally Bann: no beating an annual general meeting
You can’t beat a good annual general meeting, can you? Well maybe you can, with just about anything: walking on glass, needles under the fingernails, back to back episodes of Big Brother, a detailed discussion on the board assurance framework…
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CommentThe four hour A&E target: an accident waiting to happen?
While many have commended the government’s achievement of the promised four hour waiting target in accident and emergency, there are still concerns over whether this comes at the expense of quality and patient care
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NewsNurses urged to show savings
The NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement is to calculate and publish “opportunity savings” in 10 changes to the way nurses work.
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NewsNHS job cut warning: a 1 per cent pay increase equals 10,000 jobs
Senior NHS managers have called for a pay freeze from 2011 together with a “fundamental review” of staff terms and conditions in the face of expected financial constraints.
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Managing influenza-like illness in nursing and residential homes during the current influenza pandemic
The latest guidance from the Department of Health and Health Protection Agency, covering management of influenza-like illness in nursing and residential homes
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NewsNursing union considers performance-related pay
The Royal College of Nursing has conceded that nurse pay may in future need to be linked to individual performance as the NHS attempts to make huge efficiency savings over the next three years.
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CommentYour Humble Servant: NHS carbon reduction
‘The NHS could immediately achieve much larger savings if the SHAs, Monitor and CQC stopped emitting the whole time… after all there is carbon in flatulence isn’t there?’
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NewsNHS spending: McKinsey exposes hard choices to save £20bn
The McKinsey report leaked by HSJ last week lays bare the tough issues managers have to grasp as the funding squeeze looms, explains Sally Gainsbury
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NewsNHS cost-cutting: how to save £20bn by 2014
The McKinsey report sets out a range of advice to enable NHS organisations to achieve suggested savings.
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NewsTrust faces bad practice allegations
A senior NHS cancer specialist was branded a trouble-making whistleblower and effectively sacked after alleging bad practices at a London hospital, he will claim.
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HSJ KnowledgeGuide to increasing breastfeeding rates with the Baby Friendly initiative
The Baby Friendly accreditation scheme has the power to reduce costs as well as infant and maternal illnesses