Some 20 nurses at Wexford General Hospital are currently on maternity leave, but cannot be replaced because of the HSE embargo.There is also a bed crisis in the hospital, with 20 people on trolleys overnight on Tuesday. Hospital manager Teresa Hanrahan said she sought HSE approval to replace all 20 staff, but added: “We, like […]

continue reading.....

Some of the most experienced and highly skilled nurses in the NHS fear for their jobs despite a budget surplus in the health service, a survey indicates. A fifth of the 330 specialist nurses polled by the Royal College of Nursing said they were at risk of redundancy or being downgraded. The nurses specialise in conditions […]

continue reading.....

Leading real estate developer, SNASCO, master developer of the Sharjah Investment Center project, has sponsored a lecture on spinal diseases organised by the Al Manar Model School, as part of the firm’s corporate social responsibility initiatives. The lecture was delivered by Ms. Alyaa Al Banaali, a nursing student at Sharjah University, at the Al Manar school […]

continue reading.....

With vacancies for more than 100 positions, MidCentral Health was one of the key parties in a deputation led by Vision Manawatu this month.The deputation sought to help plug Manawatu’s shortage of skilled labour by selling the region’s work opportunities and lifestyle benefits to Britons thinking about moving to New Zealand.The doctors, midwife and nurse […]

continue reading.....

An NHS trust where a bogus nurse treated hundreds of patients said “robust measures” were now in place to ensure staff checks were carried out. Christina Barrett, 53, worked at Northampton General Hospital despite not being fully trained. She pleaded guilty at Northampton Crown Court to obtaining services by deception, obtaining a pecuniary advantage by deception […]

continue reading.....

Eight out of 10 nurses say they have left work distressed because they have been unable to treat patients with the dignity they deserve, a poll suggests. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) poll of more than 2,000 UK nurses cited washing and privacy as key issues. The government said high quality care was a […]

continue reading.....

A recruitment day at Macclesfield Hospital will showcase the wide range of jobs in healthcare, from clinical to administrative and other support roles.The open day, on Friday, May 9, will advertise live vacancies at the hospital, and staff from a wide range of departments will be on hand to offer advice about different types of […]

continue reading.....

Northern Ireland Health Minister Michael McGimpsey has today announced the introduction of a childcare allowance for Northern Ireland’s student nurses. 
Nursing and midwifery students with dependent children will now be entitled to childcare costs of up to £1,185 per year. This has been recommended as part of an ongoing Review of Student Support. Read more

continue reading.....

The Filipino nurses attract interest because they are the first group of foreign nurses to have been recruited from abroad to work in Finland.
Their aim is to open the way for possibly hundreds of other nurses, whom their employers, the Finnish health care company Esperi Care, plans to bring into Finland in the next two […]

continue reading.....

Nurses are increasingly coming under attack. Patients groups say they are too busy to see to their basic needs such as eating and washing, while politicians have labelled them lazy and grubby. What is happening to nursing?As the job title suggests, elderly care rehab nurse Eileen Milne works with pensioners, but in many ways she […]

continue reading.....