This article was taken from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-43725809 By Rachel Flint & Antonia Matthews BBC News Body cameras are being used to record attacks and abuse towards hospital staff at five of Wales’ health boards in a bid to deter violent behaviour. Aneurin Bevan is the latest to give security staff the cameras after 15,113 incidents in the last five…
This article was taken from: https://amp.theguardian.com/society/2018/apr/30/nhs-england-short-of-more-than-400-specialist-cancer-nurses-report-says By Denis Campbell Health policy editor Patients losing out while nurses ‘run ragged’ amid widespread shortages, says Macmillan Cancer Support NHS cancer services are struggling with widespread shortages of specialist nurses who give patients drugs, help them through their illness and care for those who are dying, a report reveals. Hospitals…
This article was taken from: http://www.itv.com/news/wales/2018-04-23/nhs-bursary-for-student-nurses-and-midwives-will-continue-in-wales/ By ITV News Student nurses, midwives and allied health professionals, (including those who rehabilitate people with disabilities or special needs) will still be able to apply for bursaries in Wales if they are starting their studies in September 2019. The incoming students must commit to working in Wales for up…
This artcile was taken from: https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/disappearing-nhs-community-nurses-huge-14299639 By David Ottewell Exclusive figures have revealed a steep drop in the number of community nurses The number of NHS community health nurses has been cut by more than 600 in the North-east since the Conservatives came to power. There were 3,011 full-time equivalent community nursing roles in the region…
This article was taken from: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/nursing-applications-ucas-course-drop-nhs-grants-funding-debt-tuition-fees-costs-a8191546.html By Alex Matthews-King Health Correspondent Student loan write-offs and other incentives urgently needed to prevent ‘unimaginable problems’ caused by the removal of nursing bursary, leaders warn Applications to study nursing in England have fallen for a second year, dropping by a third since the Government removed bursaries in 2017 requiring nurses and midwives to pay £9,000 a…