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
Read More
Log In
Sign Up
Tag: Nursing / Midwifery
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%,
Read More
Scotland’s Chief Nursing Officer to step down
Scotland’s Chief Nursing Officer, Ros Moore, will step down from her role at the end of the year, it was announced yesterday. Appointed to the role in 2009, Ros Moore
Read More
New eligibility to work assessments for overseas nurses
Nurses and midwives who completed their training outside Europe are to face new assessments of their eligibility to work in the UK, it was announced today. The Nursing and Midwifery
Read More
Care home nurse faces NMC tribunal over medication mix-up
A senior care home nurse is to face a Nursing and Midwifery Council(NMC) conduct and competence committee relating the death of an elderly woman who died two days after being
Read More
Union hits out at ‘grotesque’ NMC registration fee hike
The Nursing and Midwifery Council’s (NMC) plan to increase its registration fee by 20 per cent has been branded as ‘grotesque’. Unite, which represents about 25,000 nurses and community nurses
Read More
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
Read More
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,
Read More
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
Read More
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
Read More