Give nurses body cameras to prevent assaults, NHS staff plead
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Give nurses body cameras to prevent assaults, NHS staff plead

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/05/14/give-nurses-body-cameras-prevent-assaults-nhs-staff-plead/ By Rosie Taylor Nurses should be given body cameras to prevent assaults by violent patients, a conference heard. Increasing levels of violence in A&E and on hospital wards meant staff needed better protection, nurses told the Royal College of Nursing Congress on Monday. They revealed how they had been attacked and even held…

Mental health plans ‘failing a generation’, say MPs
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Mental health plans ‘failing a generation’, say MPs

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-44041116 By Judith Burns Sally, now 20, believes her mental distress should have been spotted years before she received treatment that helped her. She says she became ill when she first started secondary school. Teachers noticed, describing her as “an odd child”, but in the end it was Sally herself who had…

Brain tumour research to get £18m injection
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Brain tumour research to get £18m injection

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/may/01/brain-tumour-research-to-get-18m-injection By Nicola Davis The sum is part of a £25m boost in funding by Cancer Research UK for brain cancer over the next five year Brain tumour research is to get an £18 million injection of funding to aid projects ranging from exploring how such cancers begin to developing new ways…

Ovarian cancer diagnoses ‘will rise 55% in the next 20 years’
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Ovarian cancer diagnoses ‘will rise 55% in the next 20 years’

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/may/01/ovarian-cancer-diagnoses-will-rise-55-in-the-next-20-years By Sarah Boseley Health editor Global coalition says more must be done to treat ovarian cancer, which has the lowest survival rate of all female cancers Ovarian cancer diagnoses are set to rise worldwide by nearly 55% in the next two decades, according to a global coalition that says more must be done…

NHS England short of more than 400 specialist cancer nurses, report says
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NHS England short of more than 400 specialist cancer nurses, report says

ByMatthew Betteridge

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…