All Nursing articles – Page 85
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NewsForeign NHS nurses jailed for fraud
Two nurses have been jailed for fraud after using false documents to study and work in Britain.
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NewsTories propose junior nurse NHS board members
Junior nurses would sit on trust boards under pilot schemes being proposed by the Conservative Party.
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NewsPrison nurse jailed after falsifying passport
A Zimbabwean nurse who used a falsified passport to get a job working with substance misusers at Holloway Prison has been jailed for a year.
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NewsRose Gibb to take case to Court of Appeal
Rose Gibb is to fight on in her battle to get her £250,000 payoff - making a double-pronged approach to the Court of Appeal and an employment tribunal.
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NewsDepartment of Health publishes list of quality measures
The Department of Health will this Friday publish a “menu” of measures agreed by senior clinicians for judging the quality of their care.
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CommentMichael White on integrity and whistleblowing
Amid the uproar over the MPs’ expenses scandal three prime ministers addressed health issues this past week. I refer, of course, to Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Alan Johnson, who is also now tipped (improbably) to succeed Alistair Darling in Number 11.
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NewsLost funds provoke outrage among Christie Hospital staff
Nurses from Manchester’s Christie Hospital joined with patients and MPs last week in a march on Whitehall.
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NewsManagers 'regularly ignore frontline staff concerns'
Nearly two-thirds of nurses have raised concerns about patient safety with their employers but more than one in three say no action was taken as a result.
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NewsConservatives outline nursing policy for the NHS
Preceptorship schemes for newly qualified nurses could form a central plank of the Conservative Party’s policy on nursing, should it win the next general election, HSJ’s sister publication Nursing Times understands.
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NewsBen Bradshaw labels nurse whistleblower ruling 'unduly harsh'
Health minister Ben Bradshaw has appeared to add his support to nurse whistleblower Margaret Haywood.
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NewsAction plan fails to leave a mark on malnutrition rate in NHS hospitals
A “ground breaking” government plan to reduce malnutrition among NHS patients has had little impact on care, an HSJ survey has revealed.
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NewsHSJ survey: Hospital managers act on Mid Staffs failures
Around half of hospital managers and other staff believe elements of poor standards found at Mid Staffordshire foundation trust exist at their own organisation, a HSJ straw poll suggests.
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DH says NHS can save money and improve patient safety
The NHS is in a position to make “significant” efficiency savings without compromising patient safety, according to a senior Department of Health economist.
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HSJ KnowledgeAssisted suicide: a fitting end
Public opinion runs high over severely ill people seeking access to a service allowing them to take their own life under clinical control. Could current law on assisted suicide be changed? Jennifer Taylor reports
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NewsMid Staffs reports: new duties on NHS to prove patient involvement
The government has announced that NHS organisations will have to publish information that proves they are involving patients to prevent a repeat of the failures at Mid Staffordshire foundation trust.
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Andy Black on hospital acquired thickness
Why do some staff address patients in baby talk, or treat them as an irritant if they ask for a window to be opened? It’s because of a virulent condition that can sweep through wards like wildfire
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Media Watch: Margaret Haywood and NHS whistleblowing
The sacking of whistleblowing nurse Margaret Haywood provided the perfect opportunity to give NHS managers a good kicking, no matter that the unpopular decision was actually taken by the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
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NHS Employers appoints head of employment services
NHS Employers has appointed Karen Charman as its head of employment services.
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HSJ KnowledgeNHS maternity care focuses on safer births
Maternity services in the NHS are under pressure to improve safety and have new standards to meet. Daloni Carlisle reports
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NewsNurses remain under-represented on PCT executive boards
One in five primary care trusts does not have an executive director of nursing with voting rights on the board, a survey has revealed.