Nurse to help guide strategy of charity for seriously ill children
A highly experienced palliative care nurse and leader has been appointed to the board of trustees of Together for Short Lives, a UK charity for seriously ill children. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - August 14, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Practice nursing 'awoke' political hunger in election hopeful
A Queen ’s Nurse selected to stand as an MP in the next general election said she wanted to get into parliament to tackle the social injustices in society that she came across while working in primary care nursing. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - August 14, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Nurses at recruitment event step in to resuscitate passer by
A group of nurses from a Welsh health board helped save a man ’s life after he collapsed in the road near a recruitment event they were running. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - August 14, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Regulator asks for nurse views on updated bed rail guidance
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency is asking nurses for their views on a new draft version on its guidance for users, carers and staff on the safe use of bed rails. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - August 14, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
World ’s first chlamydia vaccine show promise in early trials
The first ever chlamydia vaccine to reach the clinical trial stage has passed initial safety tests, reveals a new study published this week. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - August 13, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
C diff adapting to spread more easily in hospital settings
A superbug that continues to claim the lives of NHS patients has evolved to spread in hospitals and evade disinfectants commonly used in healthcare settings, scientists have discovered. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - August 13, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
A & E complaints drop in Belfast after nurse leadership training
A hospital trust in Northern Ireland says it has seen a fall in complaints in accident and emergency care following the introduction of a new training programme for senior nurses. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - August 13, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Bristol birth unit to re-open after midwife recruitment drive
A midwife-led birth centre that struggled to cope with increased demand caused by a national drive to reduce stillbirths is set to re-open this autumn after remaining closed for a year. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - August 13, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Better tests needed for urinary tract infections, say researchers
Primary care nurses and doctors “urgently need a fast and accurate test” for diagnosing urinary tract infections (UTIs) to reduce overprescribing of antibiotics, according to researchers in Leeds. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - August 13, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Migrant salary threshold proposals spark nurse recruitment concern
A political row broke out today over concerns that overseas nurses will be priced out of the UK ’s future immigration system, after proposals were mooted to raise the salary threshold to £36,700. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - August 12, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
UK researchers aiming to develop 'smart' wound sensor
Engineers in Scotland are developing a sensor that they hope will help nurses, doctors and patients to manage how wounds heal. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - August 12, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
App allows pregnant women to chat online with NHS midwives
A first-of-its-kind app that allows pregnant women to instantly message a midwife for advice in-between appointments has been launched at an Essex hospital. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - August 12, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Charity reveals recipients of £300k specialist nursing grant
A charity has today announced the three NHS trusts that it has chosen to receive funds for a new specialist nurse post to support a smooth transition for young people when moving from their children to adult services. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - August 12, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Flagship diabetes prevention scheme to be rolled out with tech
A fifth of patients set to be enrolled on a major diabetes prevention scheme will receive the support via technology instead of face-to-face sessions, under NHS England ’s latest plans. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - August 12, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Improve basic asthma care to curb rise in deaths, charity warns
More and more lives are being lost to asthma because people are being denied the basic level of care they are entitled to, including yearly reviews with a nurse, a charity has warned. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - August 9, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
