NHS funding to focus on cancer and mental health
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NHS funding to focus on cancer and mental health

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://news.sky.com/story/nhs-funding-to-focus-on-cancer-and-mental-health-11423284 By Paul Kelso, health correspondent With vacancies for up to 100,000 doctors and nurses, recruitment will be key to improving outcomes, NHS England’s head warns. The NHS needs to recruit thousands of nurses and doctors to help improve outcomes in cancer care and mental health provision, NHS England’s chief executive…

Life as an NHS nurse in the 1940s: ‘You have to forget about yourself’
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Life as an NHS nurse in the 1940s: ‘You have to forget about yourself’

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jun/24/life-as-an-nhs-nurse-in-the-1940s By  Jude Rogers In the first of our series speaking to nurses from each decade of the NHS, Evelyn Lamb, 86, remembers the early months of the service, when money was pouring in The early days of the NHS were so exciting. We never had any doubt that it would work. I was…

NHS at 70: How was the health service created and what were its guiding principles?
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NHS at 70: How was the health service created and what were its guiding principles?

Byangie vallejo

This was taken from: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/nhs-70th-anniversary-founding-labour-aneurin-bevan-clement-attlee-welfare-state-british-history-a8407471.html By Joe Sommerlad ‘Spirit of ’45’ saw Clement Attlee’s Labour government implement radical healthcare reform and mastermind a fairer Britain The NHS celebrates its 70th birthday on 5 July. Officially launched with the opening of Park Hospital in Manchester (now Trafford General) by the Labour health secretary, Aneurin Bevan, in 1948, this huge undertaking was designed to bring…

Practice nurses to give advice on dementia risk in health check
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Practice nurses to give advice on dementia risk in health check

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/primary-care/practice-nurses-to-give-advice-on-dementia-risk-in-health-check/7024902.article By Tom de Catella Practice nurses and other staff at GP surgeries will soon be required to give advice on dementia risk as part of the NHS Health Check, which is offered to patients from middle age. Public Health England has added dementia to the list of conditions to…

Nurse: ‘I’ve been hit, head-butted and taken hostage’
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Nurse: ‘I’ve been hit, head-butted and taken hostage’

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-44111627 By  Nick TriggleHealth correspondent Shelley Pearce could tell immediately that the patient she had been asked to care for didn’t like her. The woman had been admitted to hospital as part of a detox programme. “She wanted to leave and when I said no, she smashed a piece of plastic and…