Bid To Entice Scottish Nurses South Of The Border
Recruiting officers from an NHS board in England will travel north of the border this month in an attempt to poach Scottish nurses.
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Recruiting officers from an NHS board in England will travel north of the border this month in an attempt to poach Scottish nurses.
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NHS FIFE paid out a record £1.7 million to patients who brought clinical negligence cases against the health board last year.
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A CHILDREN’S nurse was struck off for a year yesterday after she admitted stealing medicine from the hospital where she worked.
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DOZENS of vulnerable people could be asked to pay for council services which they currently receive free.
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Plans aimed at relieving the strain on accident and emergency wards have been announced by Health Minister Edwina Hart.
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Campaigners, backed by popular actor Tony Robinson, are calling for all care home staff to receive specialist training in dementia.
A survey carried out by the Alzheimer’s Society found that 97 per cent of people looked for well-trained staff when choosing a care home. However, a quarter of people admitted that they did not really know how to tell what constitutes a good care home.
As this data is released, the charity is launching a new guide to help those looking for a care home for family or friend with dementia, the Press Association reports.
The Putting Care Right guide includes advice on what people should ask care home staff when choosing where their relative or loved one should live.
Read MoreDowning Street today appeared to back away from proposals floated by the housing minister Caroline Flint for social housing residents to seek work as a condition of their tenancy.
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Lord Laming’s report after the death of Victoria Climbié called for a multi-agency approach to children’s care, with adult services split from children’s. Do the key players feel progress has been made?
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Carer Elaine McCarthy was given a ten-month suspended jail sentence in October after stealing almost £10,000 from adults with learning difficulties.
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A defiant Caroline Flint last night stood by her controversial plan to make new council tenants seek work as a condition of their tenancy, even though the proposal was greeted with widespread condemnation by housing experts.
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