67 h. ago Chief executive awarded MBE for services to mental health nursing

Chief executive awarded MBE for services to mental health nursing  Wandsworth Times

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1 week ago At least three killed as explosion rocks Pennsylvania nursing home leaving residents trapped

The explosion happened Tuesday afternoon at the Bristol Health & Rehab Center, also known as Silver Lake Nursing Home

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1 week ago At least two killed as explosion rocks Pennsylvania nursing home leaving residents trapped

The explosion happened Tuesday afternoon at the Bristol Health & Rehab Center, also known as Silver Lake Nursing Home

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2 w. ago SPCA: Orphaned beaver 'nursed back to health' in Scotland after being swept down river during storm

Turnip spent half a year being treated by the Scottish SPCA.

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2 w. ago Woman searching for nurse who saved her life after she had a heart attack in the park

Melinda Pereira says that she knew ‘something felt off’ before falling unconscious and waking up in the hospital

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2 w. ago Woman nurses injured foster dog back to health and gets 'touching' gift from strangers

A woman who fostered an injured dog was rewarded for her kindness as she received a touching gift from strangers. The story has left many in tears as it's so emotional

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2 w. ago Nurse's chilling 'I could go to prison' warning to child who she 'loved to bits'

A Liverpool mental health nurse also bought vapes for the vulnerable 16-year-old patient in her care and also told her she 'loved her lots' and 'wish I could adopt you'

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2 w. ago ‘It’s a timebomb’: Ghana grapples with mass exodus of nurses as thousands head to the west

An estimated 6,000 nurses left in 2024 for roles in countries including the US, UK, Canada, and Australia. Three nurses explain what made them decide to leave or stayWhen Bright Ansah, a nursing officer in Accra, goes searching for colleagues who have failed to show up for a shift at the overstretched hospital where he works, he knows where to look. “When you see ‘In God we trust’ on their WhatsApp status, that’s when you know they’re already in the US,” he says.The motto of the US has been co-opted by Ghanaian medical professionals who are leaving the west African nation in droves. Many believe their faith has finally been rewarded when, after years of planning, they reach the promised land of the well-equipped, well-resourced hospitals of the US. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago My daughter, 28, died on Christmas Eve after waiting 12 hours in A&E where she worked as an exhausted student nurse

IT’S three years since Nick Bell held his daughter Zoe’s hand as she took her last breaths on Christmas Eve.  “I told her I loved her a thousand times,” he tells Sun Health. “She was my princess, she always will be.” Zoe was just 28 and in the final year of her nursing degree when...

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3 w. ago Top nurse leader warns super flu ‘could soon overwhelm A&Es’

Boss of Britain’s nursing trade union warns NHS nurses are 'deeply worried how they will maintain the safety and dignity of patients’ amid super flu surge

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3 w. ago Former nurse diagnosed with oesophageal cancer despite ‘feeling well’

Heulwen Wyatt told her GP that she was experiencing indigestion, but scans found something far more serious

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3 w. ago A welcome pit stop: the US university using parking lots to help unhoused students

Long Beach City college’s Safe Parking Program provides a protected space for students who are homeless to live in their carWhen Edgar Rosales Jr uses the word “home” he isn’t referring to the house he plans to buy after becoming a nurse or getting a job in public health. Rather, the second-year student at Long Beach City college is talking about the parking lot he slept in every night for more than a year.With Oprah-esque enthusiasm, Rosales calls the other students who use LBCC’s Safe Parking Program his “roommates” or “neighbors”. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Stark warning for NHS over drop in number of international nurses coming to UK

The health and care system has relied on international recruitment ‘for generations’ with experts warning that plans to tighten visa rules and cut immigration could ‘deepen’ workforce shortages

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