Free NHS hospital parking for thousands in ‘greatest need’
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Free NHS hospital parking for thousands in ‘greatest need’

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-50903266 By BBC Health news Thousands more NHS patients and visitors will be able to access free hospital car parking, the government says. From April, all 206 hospital trusts in England will be expected to begin offering the concession in line with the government’s manifesto promise. Those with the “greatest need”…

Norovirus closes 1,100 hospital beds in England
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Norovirus closes 1,100 hospital beds in England

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-50673491 By BBC Health news Hospitals in England closed more than 1,100 beds in the past week because of the winter vomiting bug norovirus. NHS officials are urging people with the virus not to go to work and parents not to send children with it to school, until 48 hours after…

NHS winter crisis: extra beds created by 52% of UK hospitals
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NHS winter crisis: extra beds created by 52% of UK hospitals

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/dec/02/nhs-winter-crisis-extra-beds-created-by-52-per-cent-of-uk-hospitals By: Denis Campbell Health policy editor BTS says 48% are still using overflow beds introduced for the same period last year More than half of hospitals have opened extra beds to help them cope with the NHS winter crisis amid an influx of patients with potentially fatal breathing problems. Many of the…

Many hospital patients get no visitors
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Many hospital patients get no visitors

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-49633721 By BBC Health news Two-fifths (40%) of patients on UK hospital wards get no visitors, say the NHS nurses who care for them. The Royal Voluntary Service charity commissioned a poll of 200 nurses working in acute hospitals in Britain. As well as being socially isolating, having no visitor to help…

Hospitals in Leeds welcome Jamaican nurses onto wards
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Hospitals in Leeds welcome Jamaican nurses onto wards

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/people/hospitals-in-leeds-welcome-jamaican-nurses-onto-wards-1-9889405 By Alison Bellamy A GROUP of 15 nurses from the Caribbean sunshine isle of Jamaica have joined hospital wards in Leeds, as part of a special international project. The nurses – also called global learning practitioners – have joined the Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust, as part of a pilot scheme with…