Dementia nurses provide a lifeline for carers that is all too rare

Dementia nurses provide a lifeline for carers that is all too rare

Although specialist Admiral nurses can prevent hospital admissions and save money, there are only 200 in the UK and many counties have none at all Kate and Jon Henderson have devoted the past decade to looking after their 67-year-old mother, Sally, who has dementia. At first the siblings, who, until this February shared their bungalow…

Call for tighter checks on private hospitals used by NHS after MRSA case

Call for tighter checks on private hospitals used by NHS after MRSA case

Labour MP Louise Haigh cites case of young patient who contracted infection while on mental health ward in Sheffield Theresa May has been urged to tighten checks on private hospitals used by the NHS after a Labour MP raised the case of a young patient with an open wound who contracted MRSA on a private mental health…