National Patient Safety Agency urges NHS to adopt WHO surgery checklist

Theatre nurses must ensure they follow a WHO safety checklist for every patient having surgery in the NHS, according to the government's patient safety watchdog.

Hospital nurses 'ready to move into community'

Hospital nurses are prepared to move into community jobs but trusts need to work together to retrain them and arrange the transfers, Unison has said.

Hospitals charging 'appalling' car parking rates as new rules are ignored

Guidelines intended to allow NHS cancer patients to avoid ‘appalling’ hospital car-parking charges are being widely ignored, according to a survey.

Patient feedback has to reach frontline nurses to improve care

The NHS’ push for quality must include information on patient experience being fed back to nurses and other frontline staff in a form they can understand and act on, research published by Nursing Times has said.

Whistleblower Nurses Take NHS To Tribunal - Sky News

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Whistleblower Nurses Take NHS To Tribunal Sky News Three nurses who blew the whistle on an unqualified colleague are today taking the NHS to an employment tribunal. The women say NHS Manchester failed to ... and more �

MMR vaccine 'should be compulsory in school'

A former chair of the BMA has called on schools to demand compulsory MMR immunisation for pupils

DNA testing device could stop adverse drug reactions

A new device the size of a BlackBerry could help check patients' genetic suitability to different medicines

MARION RETIRES AFTER 40 YEARS' SERVICE - Guide and Gazette

MARION RETIRES AFTER 40 YEARS' SERVICE Guide and Gazette THEATRE Recovery Nurse at Ninewells Hospital, Marion Stewart, from Monifieth, retired on Tuesday after 40 years' service with NHS Tayside. ...

Using individualised cognitive behavioural therapy as a treatment for people with COPD

This research study investigated whether individualised CBT was an effective intervention for patients with COPD for psychosocial difficulties

Regulator to shine spotlight on nursing quality

The quality of nursing care in England, and particularly that given to older patients, looks set to come under special scrutiny from the new health and social care regulator.