| Under-Trained Primary Care Nurses 'Uncomfortable' Treating Allergy, UK Three-quarters of primary care nurses have admitted to lacking even basic training in treating allergies, and more than half say they feel "uncomfortable" seeing patients with allergy-related conditions. This is despite the fact that in the UK the incidence of common allergic diseases has trebled in the last 20 years, to become one of the highest in the world - one in three of the UK population will be affected by allergic disease at some time in their life. medicalnewstoday.com |
Modern Matron Scoops NHS Champions Award, UK Sunil Chutto, Modern Matron at Newham Centre for Mental Health run by East London NHS Foundation Trust, won a prestigious NHS Champions Award. The Awards 2008 are run by the King's Fund in association with Evening Standard and NHS London. The awards are a celebration of the contribution made by individual NHS staff who have provided exceptional care and gone the extra mile for their patients. medicalnewstoday.com |
General Practices Need More Nurses, Australia Boosting the number of practice nurses who work with GPs would help improve patient access to care, the AMA said today. AMA Federal President, Dr Andrew Pesce, today used GP Week to renew calls for the Government to increase support for nurses who work in general practices. A recent report funded by the Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute found practice nurses helped take pressure off GPs and increased access to care for patients. medicalnewstoday.com |
Federal Court Rejects California Medicaid Cuts The San Francisco Chronicle: "A federal appeals court barred California on Wednesday from lowering Medi-Cal payments to doctors and hospitals by 5 percent and from cutting in-home care workers' wages by nearly 20 percent, saying the state's budget crisis doesn't justify violating federal laws that protect the poor and disabled. In four rulings, the Ninth U.S... mnt.to |
Watsonville Hospital Seeks To Prolong Dispute With RNs By Imposing Lockout Following One-Day Strike Watsonville Community Hospital registered nurses today said the former community hospital, now part of a mega national for-profit chain, is threatening to prolong the dispute with its RNs by imposing a lockout following Tuesday's one-day strike... mnt.to |