Ebola nurse tells of fight to live
The Scottish nurse who contracted Ebola has revealed how the illness took her from wondering “what all the fuss was about” to the brink of death. Pauline Cafferkey, 39, was
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Tag: Nursing / Midwifery
New funding for specialist nurses in Scotland
An extra £2.5 million will be invested in specialist nursing and care, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced. The first allocation of the new funding package, £700,000, will go towards
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Charity pledges investigation into Ebola case
Save the Children has said a review into how a British nurse – who is in a critical condition in a north London hospital with Ebola – had contracted the
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Figures reveal 80% of new nurses hired from overseas
Four out of five nurses hired in NHS hospitals in the last year were recruited from overseas, new figures suggest. Three quarters of all 140 acute hospital trusts in England
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Doubt cast on Glasgow nurse’s conviction
New scientific evidence casts fresh doubt on the conviction of a nurse who was jailed for a minimum of 30 years for murdering four elderly women and attempting to kill
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Care experience ‘not key to nursing’
Previous caring experience does not make students better nurses, a new study suggests. Researchers said nursing students with care experience are less likely to perform better academically and clinically than
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Workers ‘profoundly troubled’ over end-of-life care wishes
A third of nurses have been unable to fulfil their patients’ dying wishes because they do not have enough time, according to a survey. Many healthcare workers are “profoundly troubled”
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Scots charity introduce new nursing structure
Children’s Hospice Association Scotland (CHAS) is introducing a new nursing structure to their care plan which will ensure the charity have the right skills, resources and expertise to support and
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Welsh taskforce to address shortage of nurses in social care
Following the All Wales Nurses Conference held in Llandudno on September 17 a task force has been set up to tackle the issue of nurse shortages in social care settings
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Midwives vote to go on strike for first time in 133 years
Midwives in England have voted to go on strike in a bitter dispute with the Government over pay. Members of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) backed walkouts by 82%,
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