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NHS to share intelligence on violent patients

01 May 2004

Learning Disability Practice

News

People who assault NHS staff could be placed on a cross sector ‘offenders’ register under new plans being considered to crack down on escalating violence in...

Green paper to hand more power to service users

01 December 2004

Learning Disability Practice

News

A forthcoming government Green Paper looking at the future of adult social care is expected to examine how to shift more power from professionals to service users.

NMC has ‘no plans’ to end learning disability nurse training

01 September 2003

Learning Disability Practice

News feature

The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is not planning to recommend an end to specialist learning disability nurse training and replace it with a generic...

Valuing people has yet to make a real impact

01 April 2004

Learning Disability Practice

News

Valuing People is much loved in theory but has yet to make a significant impact on the lives of people with learning disabilities, it was claimed.

A hard day’s night

01 September 2004

Nursing Management

Feature

FEW WOULD disagree with the principle that the working hours of junior doctors needed reducing. But with the new working time directive (WTD) already a month old,...

Internet diagnoses put pressure on primary care

23 April 2003

Nursing Standard

News

PATIENTS WHO self-diagnose using information from the internet are lengthening consultation times and increasing the workload of primary healthcare workers.

NHS to investigate impact of international recruitment

03 December 2003

Nursing Standard

News

A REVIEW of the impact of overseas recruitment on the NHS has been ordered by the government. David Amos, deputy human resources director at the Department of...

Nurse begins training for routine hernia operations

21 January 2004

Nursing Standard

News

A NURSE has begun a course training her to perform hernia surgery in a move that has divided health professionals.

Private care home owners urged to protest over fees

19 November 2003

Nursing Standard

News

OWNERS OF private care homes have been urged to join forces in a mass lobby of parliament to protest against ‘the burden of low fees and spiralling red tape’.