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.
England has not sufficiently invested in nursing education, observe James Buchan and Ian Seccombe
Ward leaders are key to maintaining patient safety as new staff roles join the workforce this year, the new chief nursing officer for England has told HSJ .
The workforce implementation plan must lead to an increase in the undergraduate supply of nurses while retaining current NHS staff, England’s chief nursing officer has said.
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