All Royal College of Nursing (RCN) articles – Page 17
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Media Watch: printing the unprintable on hospital closure
The papers have been jostling to say the previously unsayable this week and break the political taboo that some hospitals must close if the NHS is to remain clinically safe and financially viable.
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No requirement to include doctors and nurses on boards
Commissioning consortia should not be required to formally include doctors and nurses on their boards, the NHS Future Forum has recommended.
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Colleges raising entrance requirements to nursing students
Almost two thirds of institutions offering nursing degrees are increasing their entry requirements in the face of unprecedented demand for places, an investigation by HSJ’s sister title Nursing Times has revealed.
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George Eliot aims to increase qualified nursing numbers
WORKFORCE: George Eliot Hospital Trust is increasing the ratio of qualified nurses to healthcare assistants. The move is part of a plan to uphold quality and efficiency while attempting to meet a cost-improvement target of 10 per cent.
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Alcohol causing thousands of consultations every day, survey reveals
Alcohol was a factor in more than 5,500 GP consultations in Scotland on one day alone last month, according to a new survey.
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Calls to 'save country's future nurses'
A university vice chancellor has attacked plans to cut student nursing places and called on the health secretary to “save the education of the country’s future nurses”.
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Milton backs increments freeze deal amid congress heckles
Health minister Anne Milton drew heckles at the Royal College of Nursing congress after insisting a national pay increments freeze rejected by the union would remain on the table at local level.
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Reforms could be 'biggest disaster in history' of NHS
The Royal College of Nursing’s chief executive has insisted industrial action must remain an option for nurses and warned that the health reforms could become the “biggest disaster in the history of our public services”.
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Unused drugs 'cost NHS millions'
Millions of pounds of NHS money is wasted on unused medicines that are “stockpiled” in people’s homes, nurses have said.
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Infection control 'will be hit by nursing cuts'
Progress made in tackling hospital infections in Scotland could come under threat if nursing numbers are cut, representatives of the profession has warned.
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53,000 NHS jobs 'under threat'
More than 50,000 NHS jobs face being axed, including doctors, nurses and dentists, because of government spending cuts, “destroying” claims about the funding of the health service, a new report claims.
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'Draconian' director scared staff at Mid Staffs
Union reps at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust have told of a culture where staff were too scared to speak out because of a “draconian” director of nursing.
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NHS treatment of elderly failing 'basic human needs' - ombudsman
NHS treatment of older people is “failing to meet even the most basic standards of care” in some areas, a report published today by the health service ombudsman has found.
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Healthcare assistants to ease budget pressures
Providers will need to see a big growth in the number of healthcare assistants over the next decade, the health skills advisory body has said.
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Staff reports on Mid Staffs 'disappeared'
More than 500 staff reports about poor care at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust have disappeared into a “black hole”.
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Barts to cut 250 nursing posts
More than 250 nursing positions are being lost at an NHS trust as it tries to meet the government’s demand for efficiency savings.
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No extra pay for royal wedding, NHS staff told
NHS Employers has told unions trusts are prepared to give staff a day off in lieu for working on 29 April - declared a national bank holiday to celebrate the marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton - but not to pay enhanced public holiday rates for that day.
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Lansley insists 'risky' reforms are vital
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has said there was “risk” involved with his radical NHS reforms, but change was necessary to improve standards for patients.
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Earl Howe: Contestability is 'not alien to integration'
Health minister Earl Howe has denied there is any conflict between opening up healthcare provision to more competition and encouraging collaboration between providers.
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Cancer strategy relies more heavily on charities
Cancer networks are to lose guaranteed funding while the government will rely on investment from charities to achieve its ambition for one to one cancer care.