Research showing UK nurses suffer some of the worst violence in Europe is shocking and shameful, public services union Unison has said.
The study, published in the Journal of Occupational Medicine, showed that a third of UK nurses frequently have to deal with violence at work, with only France reporting more assaults.
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Lancashire Care Foundation Trust has appointed a mental health chief from Staffordshire as its new leader.
Nurses, GPs and mental health staff are “the big three” areas where the health and social care secretary is most concerned about staff shortages, he told HSJ.
An intensive care unit and its dependent services are being closed and relocated from Leicester General Hospital because of workforce shortages and concerns for patient safety, HSJ has learned.
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