Latest immunisation data reveals dip in MMR uptake  
The proportion of two-year-old children in England having the MMR vaccine has fallen for the first time in recent years, new figures show. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - September 24, 2015 Category: Nursing Source Type: news

NICE approves new oral anti-coagulant for atrial fibrillation
The drug edoxaban has been given the official seal of approval for NHS use in preventing stroke and blood clots in patients with a common heart disorder. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - September 24, 2015 Category: Nursing Source Type: news

Hypertension drugs at bedtime ‘halves diabetes risk’
Taking blood pressure medication at bedtime rather than in the morning halves the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to new research. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - September 24, 2015 Category: Nursing Source Type: news

Humber teenagers begin ‘cadet’ course as way into nursing
A group of 10 Lincolnshire teenagers are the first to embark on a “healthcare cadet” scheme in their region, which is designed to offer a new path into nursing. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - September 23, 2015 Category: Nursing Source Type: news

Charity praises specialist nurses for bowel cancer care
Two colorectal clinical nurse specialists have won national charity awards for their work with bowel cancer patients. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - September 23, 2015 Category: Nursing Source Type: news

Funding boosts access to advanced drugs for Welsh patients
Patients in Wales with hepatitis C or a rare immune system disorder are to have access to newly approved drugs, after ministers announced extra investment. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - September 23, 2015 Category: Nursing Source Type: news

RCN calls for safe staffing law in Wales party manifestos
Introduction of a safe nurse staffing law and a commitment to at least maintain current levels of whole time-equivalent NHS nurses must be priorities for the next Welsh government, the Royal College of Nursing in Wales has said. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - September 23, 2015 Category: Nursing Source Type: news

Community trust warned about use of unqualified staff
Gloucestershire Care Services NHS Trust has been told to address safety concerns in urgent care, after unregistered workers without the right training were left to assess patients. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - September 23, 2015 Category: Nursing Source Type: news

Primary care services should be co-located with A&E
All emergency departments must in the future have primary care services located alongside them with links to district nursing teams, if the NHS is to cope with the increasing pressures on accident and emergency, the president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine has said. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - September 23, 2015 Category: Nursing Source Type: news

Training needed to avoid past mistakes in end of life care
The mistakes of the past in the care of dying patients could be repeated if staff are forced to rely on formal processes rather than focusing on outcomes and informed judgment, warn researchers. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - September 23, 2015 Category: Nursing Source Type: news

Addenbrooke's trust placed in 'special measures' by regulators
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, one of the largest in the country, has been been placed in special measures after inspectors found a range of problems, including major shortages of nurses and midwives. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - September 22, 2015 Category: Nursing Source Type: news

Successful first year for Northern Ireland’s lymphoma CNS
Over 1,000 patients have benefited from Northern Ireland’s first and only lymphoma clinical nurse specialist during her first year in post. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - September 22, 2015 Category: Nursing Source Type: news

CQC warns of poor staff engagement at Sussex acute trust
Regulators have recommended that East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust be placed in special measures after a second inspection inside 12 months found staff there “remained afraid to speak out”. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - September 22, 2015 Category: Nursing Source Type: news

Baby death case with 'echoes of Morecambe Bay' to be re-examined
The avoidable death of a baby girl six years ago is to be re-examined after an independent national review warned the case had parallels with the Morecambe Bay care scandal. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - September 22, 2015 Category: Nursing Source Type: news

Communication errors behind third of hospital complaints
Poor communication, treatment and errors in diagnosis have once again topped the list of causes of hospital complaints investigated by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - September 22, 2015 Category: Nursing Source Type: news