Resuscitation in mental healthcare

A NPSA Rapid Response Report outlines how to reduce the risk of choking and cardiac/respiratory arrest in learning disability and mental health units

Nurse death not linked to bullying

An inquest into the suicide of a Bolton nurse who said she was bullied by colleagues shortly before she hanged herself has found “no direct link” between her claims and her death.

Labour's fixation with control is strangling everyone - Times Online

Labour's fixation with control is strangling everyone Times Online Seeing a dying parent neglected in a new hospital because their named nurse isn't present, and no one else cares, shapes our view of the NHS more profoundly ... and more �

Future CNO role undecided

England will continue to have a chief nursing officer - but uncertainty remains over the nature of the role.

Trust appoints new chief nurse - Buckinghamshire Advertiser

Trust appoints new chief nurse Buckinghamshire Advertiser BUCKS Hospital NHS Trust has appointed a new chief nurse and director of patient care standards. Lynne Swiatczak has more than 30 years' experience in the ...

Mid Staffordshire inquiry findings due today

A Government-commissioned inquiry is to publish the results of its probe into Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, which was found to be promoting appalling standards of care.

Patients get care in cupboards and kitchens, say nurses - BBC News

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Patients get care in cupboards and kitchens, say nurses BBC News "As pressures inside the NHS start to rise due to budget cutbacks, it is vital that nurses and other healthcare staff are confident that their concerns over ... Patients routinely treated in mop cupboards and corridors, nurses' survey saysTimes Online Despite Labour's billions, nurses say patients are STILL treated in kitchens ...Daily Mail Hospital patients routinely treated in storerooms, survey showsThe Guardian Metro -The Sun -The Press Association all 10 news articles �

Calls for minimum alcohol price

Minimum pricing for alcoholic drinks, mandatory health warnings on labels and a rise in tax on spirits should be introduced to stem a “shocking” rise in alcohol misuse in England, an MPs’ report has said.