Lack of nurses ‘leads NHS to rely on less qualified staff’
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Lack of nurses ‘leads NHS to rely on less qualified staff’

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This article was taken from: https://news.sky.com/story/lack-of-nurses-leads-nhs-to-rely-on-less-qualified-staff-11871865 By Sky News A Health Foundation report says other NHS staff have been used to help with tasks that fully qualified nurses would normally do. Nurses are in such short supply in the UK that the NHS is relying on less qualified staff to plug the gaps, according to…

‘We try our best as nurses, but it’s not enough’
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‘We try our best as nurses, but it’s not enough’

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This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-50587291 By  Nick Triggle Health correspondent When Georgina Day became a nurse five years ago, she had dreams of becoming the next Florence Nightingale. But the reality has been very different. Georgina works as an A&E nurse in a London hospital. Every shift, her team of just over 20 starts…

Nurse ‘adopts’ homeless stranger so he can get a heart transplant
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Nurse ‘adopts’ homeless stranger so he can get a heart transplant

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This article was taken from: https://metro.co.uk/2019/11/13/nurse-adopts-homeless-stranger-can-get-heart-transplant-11091420/?ito=cbshare By Jacob Geanous A nurse became a legal guardian for a homeless man with autism so he could get the heart transplant he desperately needed Lori Wood decided to ‘adopt’ 27-year-old Jonathan Pickard only two days after meeting him so he would be eligible to receive a new heart. Wood,…

Pledge to help nurses tackle conversations about childhood obesity
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Pledge to help nurses tackle conversations about childhood obesity

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This article was taken from: https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/public-health/pledge-to-help-nurses-tackle-conversations-about-childhood-obesity-22-10-2019/ By Jo Stephenshon Leading nursing organisations have pledged to support nurses, midwives, health visitors and other professionals to have tricky conversations about children’s weight as part of efforts to tackle a national childhood obesity crisis. The Royal College of Nursing and Royal College of Midwives are among a group…

NHS nurse vacancies in England rise to more than 43,000
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NHS nurse vacancies in England rise to more than 43,000

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This article was taken from: https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/workforce/nhs-nurse-vacancies-in-england-rise-to-more-than-43000-08-10-2019/ By Gemma Mitchel at the Nursing Times The number of nurse vacancies in the NHS in England has increased to a record high, latest data reveals. In the first quarter of 2019-20, 12% of full-time equivalent registered nurse posts in the provider sector were empty, equating to 43,617 missing…