A trust has been urged to improve night staffing levels after a nurse was threatened with a knife by a disturbed patient. A Cumbrian spokesperson for the Royal College of Nursing said North Lakeland Healthcare trust should improve staffing at Penrith New Hospital after an assault on nurse Lynn Morris.
Penrith magistrates were told last week that Ms Morris was attacked by Stephen Titterington when she tried to give him a tablet on 2 January. Sentencing was adjourned to 6 May.
NHS England and NHS Improvement will axe nearly 50 senior manager posts as they combine their structures, according to proposals issued today.
The Royal College of Nursing has appointed a new president and deputy president, who will both take up office in the new year.
Lack of skilled staff is already impacting access and quality of care, and without a shift in workforce policy the situation will worsen over the next decade, warn Anita Charlesworth, Candace Imison and Richard Murray
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