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.
Tracy Allen, chief executive of Derbyshire Community Health Services Foundation Trust, explains how the role of executive director of quality/chief nurse will be a key influencer in health and social care integration across Derbyshire
The number of vacant posts in NHS trusts has increased by almost 10 per cent in the first quarter of this year and driven an overspend on temporary staff to manage the workload.
To meet the growing workforce shortage, new apprenticeship standards are being designed to ensure the NHS gets the skills it needs, says Karen Woodward
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Financial penalties are being lifted from high-profile standards including cancer and elective waiting times, so far without attracting much attention. How is this happening? And will it work, asks Rob Findlay
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