Agency nurse controls unveiled, but price cap for hourly rates delayed
Price caps on the hourly rate the NHS can pay agency nurses may not take effect until December, after regulators received more than 100 responses to a consultation on the controversial plans. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - September 1, 2015 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Important role of nursing needs more recognition, says crash nurse
The contribution of skilled nursing staff should feature more prominently in safety and emergency planning for major events, a nurse who was one of the first on the scene after the Shoreham air crash has told Nursing Times. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - September 1, 2015 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Exclusive: Europe-wide nursing strategy will set workforce priorities
A “landmark” strategy setting out agreed priorities for nursing and midwifery across Europe is due to be launched later this month. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - September 1, 2015 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Orthopaedic nurses to use hi-tech electronic monitoring
Nurses at the Oswestry Orthopaedic Hospital will be using an electronic monitoring system intended to makes care safer and more efficient. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - August 28, 2015 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Probiotics ‘do not prevent superbugs' in critical care
Probiotics administered to critically ill patients in intensive care units show no benefit in preventing the colonisation of drug-resistant microbes in the intestinal tract, according to US research. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - August 28, 2015 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Teen goths ‘more vulnerable’ to depression and self-harm
Young people who adopt the “goth” subculture might be at increased risk of depression and self-harm, according to UK researchers. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - August 28, 2015 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Thousands of mental health patients sent 'out of area'
More than 2,100 mental health patients were forced to travel “out of area” for an inpatient bed in May this year, according to data published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - August 28, 2015 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
London foundation trust defies government pay agreement
Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has defied a government pay agreement and awarded its senior staff a 1% pay rise in line with lower paid staff. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - August 28, 2015 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
New regional telehealth scheme to support patients at home
A major telehealth programme has been launched in Cheshire with the aim of helping improve self-management by patients with long-term conditions. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - August 28, 2015 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Change in paracetamol advice for new meningitis vaccine
Nurses delivering a new vaccine protecting against meningitis should encourage parents to give their children paracetamol following immunisation, due to increased risk of fever. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - August 27, 2015 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Northampton trust told to improve community service quality
A “marked contrast” between the quality of mental health and community services has been identified by inspectors at a trust in the East Midlands. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - August 27, 2015 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Open visiting proving hit with nursing staff, says trust
Open visiting was introduced at Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust earlier this year and is already proving popular with patients and carers, according to senior nurses. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - August 27, 2015 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Patients lose awareness of memory loss before dementia
Patient may begin to lose awareness of memory loss several years before they are formally diagnosed with dementia, a US study suggests. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - August 27, 2015 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Worcestershire trust’s bullying policy ‘not fit for purpose’
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust’s policy for dealing with bullying and harassment is ‘not fit for purpose’, an independent review has found. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - August 27, 2015 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Call to switch focus from calories to nutrition to cut CVD
Clinicians need to shift their focus from “calorie counting” to concentrating on the nutritional value of foods in order to boost cardiovascular health among patients, claim academics. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - August 27, 2015 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
