Karen Murray

Milburn told it’s time to deliver on pay promises: RCN general secretary says nurses are impatient over wait for Agenda for Change

RCN GENERAL secretary Beverly Malone this week called on health secretary Alan Milburn to fulfil promises for an overhaul of nurse grading and pay structures.

Scots celebrate a place on every health board: Health minister announces £5 million to boost student numbers and encourage returners

NURSES IN Scotland are celebrating after health minister Malcolm Chisholm promised there will be a nurse on each of the countrys 15 new unified health boards.

Midwives highlight lack of choice in maternity care: Poor planning leads to wide variation in number of births per bed, claims union

MATERNITY SERVICES are failing women by sending them to large under-staffed units in city hospitals that are unable to offer one-to-one care, the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has warned.

A&E staff ignore red-card ban for violent patients: Government guidelines on refusing treatment are proving unworkable, say nurses

GOVERNMENT guidelines for emergency services to ban violent or aggressive patients are not being enforced because nurses do not believe they can or should refuse treatment.

Call for coding system to prevent medication errors: Audit Commission report says NHS must create standard definitions for mistakes

A STANDARD system for coding medicines in the NHS has been demanded by the Audit Commission.