Pay rise above 2% for GPNs risks ‘further pressure’ on NHS budget
NHS England has warned against a pay increase above 2% for general practice nurses (GPNs) and other practice staff this year. In its evidence to the Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists Remuneration (DDRB), NHS England advised that any pay awards higher than the funding settlement from the Treasury will ‘put further pressure’ on the... Read moreThe post Pay rise above 2% for GPNs risks ‘further pressure’ on NHS budget appeared first on Nursing in Practice. (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - April 9, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Megan Ford Tags: Latest news Source Type: news
Factors that contribute to turnover and retention amongst emergency department nurses: a scoping review - McIntyre N, Crilly J, Elder E.
BACKGROUND: Internationally, the emergency nursing workforce shortage is of critical concern. AIM: To synthesise the evidence and assess the scope of literature regarding factors that contribute to turnover and retention amongst emergency nurses. ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 9, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Suffering Shouldn ’ t Be a Normal Part of Womanhood
One of the most important lessons medical schools teach is one my mom mastered as a teenager left to fill her own mother’s shoes: how to figure out who is really sick and needs immediate attention and who can wait (or what we in the medical field call “triage”). Nothing I learned in med school or since has contradicted what I learned at Bertha’s knee.
At the time, the practice of medicine was rudimentary—and that’s putting it nicely. So, the diagnoses typically made at home were probably not that different from those of a bona fide doctor. The more serious common ailments were things ...
Source: TIME: Health - April 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Dr. Sharon Malone Tags: Uncategorized health Source Type: news
The Relentless Cost of Chronic Diseases
At first, my legs buckled. Then I started nearly fainting and was struck by fierce jaw, neck, and back pain—six unhappy faces-worth on the scale. Just as quickly, as one tends to do, I created narratives to explain these sudden symptoms. That one glass of wine had done me in. The steamy weather led my knees to wobble. It was the aftermath of a concussion I got after I fell in a hole in the sidewalk. It was from when I hurt my neck when I was thrown down on a subway platform by a man with low spatial awareness and somewhere to be.
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It turned out I was fainting beca...
Source: TIME: Health - April 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alissa Quart Tags: Uncategorized freelance Source Type: news
Measles cases in London now in line with West Midlands
A rise in measles cases in London has brought the capital in line with the number of cases recorded in the West Midlands – the initial hotspot for the virus. This comes as the rise in cases appears to be plateauing across the country and as a national catch-up campaign has increased vaccination uptake over... Read moreThe post Measles cases in London now in line with West Midlands appeared first on Nursing in Practice. (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - April 9, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Megan Ford Tags: Clinical Latest news Vaccinations and infections Source Type: news
Can Finding A Nursing Home Be An Enjoyable Process? By Applying The Hotel Model, This Entrepreneur Says Yes
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Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - April 9, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Kristin Hunt, Forbes Staff Tags: Innovation /innovation Healthcare /healthcare Small Business /small-business Entrepreneurs /entrepreneurs Source Type: news
Medicare Advantage cuts pressure nursing homes
Changes to Medicare Advantage plans could result in many nursing homes seeing lower reimbursements for patients in 2025. Rate adjustments affect seniors and their health care providers each year, whether they're on traditional Medicare or the privatized Medicare Advantage plans. The lower…#medicareadvantage #medicare #centersformedicare #medicaidservices #altogether #christopherwestfall #seniorsavingsnetwork #westfall #florida #rickscott (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A new deal for health staff
Tuesday afternoon at health conference saw a group of motions on professional and occupational issues.
Top on the agenda was a motion calling for ‘A new deal for healthcare assistants’. It called on the health SGE to continue to build on the work of the highly successful Pay Fair for Patient Care campaign.
The campaign focusses on winning significant sums of pack pay for members by fighting for rebanding for healthcare assistants (HCAs) at a local level.
The motion, moved by Annette Heslop, calls for continued campaigning for proper career progression opportunities, better recognition and lobbying for a strategy to pro...
Source: UNISON Health care news - April 8, 2024 Category: UK Health Authors: Simon Jackson Tags: Article News 2024 National Health Conference one team paramedics Source Type: news
RCN reveals pay scale recommendations for NHS nurses
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has urged the government to implement a pay scale that would see salaries for NHS-employed registered nurses start in the region of £35,000 during preceptorship. The RCN has also suggested that salaries should progress towards £50,000 and beyond for enhanced, advanced and consultant levels of nursing in the NHS.... Read moreThe post RCN reveals pay scale recommendations for NHS nurses appeared first on Nursing in Practice. (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - April 8, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Megan Ford Tags: Latest news Source Type: news
Warning over nurses experiencing panic attacks and stress-related symptoms
Panic attacks, high blood pressure, chest pains and headaches suffered by nurses are contributing to absences exacerbating an NHS staffing crisis, according to the union Unison. Unison’s latest workforce analysis, based on a survey of 12,000 health workers across the UK, found that more than three in 10 (31%) NHS employees have had to take... Read moreThe post Warning over nurses experiencing panic attacks and stress-related symptoms appeared first on Nursing in Practice. (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - April 8, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Megan Ford Tags: Latest news Source Type: news
Barriers for disabled staff in the health service need to be lowered
Annette Heslop (pictured above) for the nursing and midwifery occupational group moved a motion on ensuring reasonable adjustments for healthcare students on clinical placements.
Equality law gives disabled workers the right to reasonable adjustments where they experience substantial disadvantage. However, as students are not classed as employees, some struggle on clinical placements to access reasonable adjustments.
Ms Heslop said that, in such a situation, it was no surprise that students dropped out. “We must ensure that all students are supported on their placements,” she concluded.
In a related motion, the nationa...
Source: UNISON Health care news - April 8, 2024 Category: UK Health Authors: Amanda Kendal Tags: Article 2024 National Health Conference disabled members reasonable adjustments Source Type: news
UNISON will continue to strengthen the Race for Equality campaign
In a motion on equipping branches to tackle race discrimination in the NHS, the health service group executive stressed that UNISON is continuing to strengthen its Race for Equality campaign that was a centrepiece to the union’s Year of Black Workers in 2023.
Maria Alberts for the service group executive told delegates: “Racism does exist in the NHS”.
She cited Too Hot to Handle, a report that “shines a light” on the lack of safe and effective means to report and then tackle problems, with, for instance, 63% of Black workers surveyed saying that they were subjected to greater scrutiny than white colleagues.
Deleg...
Source: UNISON Health care news - April 8, 2024 Category: UK Health Authors: Amanda Kendal Tags: Article News 2024 National Health Conference black members race for equality UNISON Year of Black Workers Source Type: news
Nursing faculty members' response to bullying in the eyes of their students: a pilot study in Pangasinan - Llego J, Samson MJ, Gabriel E, Corpus J, Bustillo KG, Villar J.
BACKGROUND: Bullying is a pervasive issue that can occur in any setting, including among nursing students and within the nursing profession. Faculty members have a vital role in resolving bullying. OBJECTIVES: To examine the nursing faculty members... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Young Adults Source Type: news
Survey uncovers sexual harassment faced by NHS nurses
A Unison survey has revealed extensive sexual harassment suffered by NHS workers including nurses. According to the research, nurses have faced abusive behaviour from both patients and colleagues, with incidents including staff being shown pornographic images and being offered money for sex. One nurse from the North East told the survey that she had experienced... Read moreThe post Survey uncovers sexual harassment faced by NHS nurses appeared first on Nursing in Practice. (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - April 8, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Megan Ford Tags: Latest news Source Type: news
NHS staff have been shown porn and offered money for sex at work
NHS staff including ambulance workers,111 call handlers, porters, nurses and cleaners have been shown pornographic images, offered money for sex and assaulted at work, according to research published by UNISON today (Monday).
In a survey released to coincide with the first day of UNISON’s annual health conference in Brighton, one in ten (10%) healthcare workers reported experiences of sexual harassment.
This included being touched or kissed, demands for sex in return for favours and derogatory comments.
Sexual assault was reported by almost three in ten (29%) of all the health workers who’d experienced sexua...
Source: UNISON Health care news - April 7, 2024 Category: UK Health Authors: Anthony Barnes Tags: News Press release NHS staff sexual harassment Source Type: news
