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ED patients encouraged to seek treatment elsewhere

01 February 2010

Emergency Nurse

News

AN OVERHAUL of the emergency department (ED) payment system could lead to patients being encouraged more actively to go elsewhere for treatment, emergency nurses...

Hospitals will receive funds for not admitting patients

09 March 2012

Emergency Nurse

News

Hospitals that treat patients in emergency departments (EDs) without admitting them will receive a funding boost under government plans being introduced in April.

Nurse-led scheme presages changes in aftercare for survivors

01 February 2010

Cancer Nursing Practice

News

NURSE-LED AFTERCARE assessments could replace routine follow ups for nearly three quarters of cancer survivors as part of an overhaul of services, the Department of...

New cancer strategy pledges to save 5,000 lives a year

01 February 2011

Cancer Nursing Practice

News

THE GOVERNMENT’S new cancer strategy which promises to save 5,000 lives a year in England states that this will not be possible without the support of nurse...

Guidance on under-performing staff

01 December 2006

Nursing Management

News

Senior nurses have been issued Department of Health guidance on managing staff who underperform.

New sites in homes

01 February 2007

Nursing Older People

News analysis

Amid a national shortage of nursing homes, one pioneering local authority is not only creating new beds, but also directly employing nurses to care for its older...

NMC should have vetting powers, claims charity

01 February 2011

Nursing Older People

News

THE NURSING and Midwifery Council (NMC) should be given enhanced powers to ensure that nurses who have been removed from its register cannot work in other areas of...

Free residential care plans welcomed by nurses

01 May 2010

Nursing Older People

News

PLANS TO provide free care to those who have been in residential homes for more than two years have been welcomed by nurses, who say the move could enable them to...

Commission set up to consider the options for funding care in the future

01 September 2010

Nursing Older People

Analysis

Nurses HAve welcomed a review of older people’s care funding, which will pave the way for new legislation in 2011 setting out how long-term care is to be financed.