No police charges for photo case nurse
A hospital worker who lost his job after reports he posed for pictures wearing a patient’s underwear will not face criminal charges. James John Turner, a 21-year-old nursing auxiliary in
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Bridgend nurses charged with wilful neglect
Three hospital nurses have been charged with wilful neglect following a police investigation into alleged record-keeping anomalies. South Wales Police confirmed Lauro Bertulano, 44, Clare Cahill, 41 and Rebecca Jones,
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Aberdeen nurse loses job in picture scandal
A hospital worker has lost his job after allegedly posing for pictures wearing a patient’s underwear. James John Turner was suspended by NHS Grampian while the health board investigated the
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10 Welsh nurses suspended accused of falsifying records
A hospital under investigation by police has suspended ten nurses – three of whom have been arrested over tampering with medication and falsifying records. The three nurses who work at
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New survey reveals nurses ‘lack time for patient care’
Four out of five nurses do not think they are being given enough time to give patients adequate care. Eighty-two percent of nurses are so busy that they don’t have
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Survey reveals nurses have ‘no time to care’
Half of nurses are working through breaks or beyond their shift, revealing a health service under “severe strain”, a new report has warned. A survey of almost 3,000 nurses by
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New research links nursing cutbacks directly to patient death rates
Nursing cutbacks are directly linked to higher patient death rates in hospitals, a major study has found. Every extra patient added to a nurse’s workload increases the risk of death
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Health Minister reinforces his commitment to NI nursing numbers
Health Minister Edwin Poots has reinforced his commitment to ensuring that sufficient numbers of nurses, with the right skills, are in all areas where nursing care is delivered to patients,
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RCN welcomes learning disability nursing plan for NI
The RCN has welcomed a DHSSPS action plan on the future of learning disability nursing in Northern Ireland but has raised concerns about the decline in numbers and the ageing
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