5 h. ago Nurse in pronoun row relieved to be reinstated in job at London hospital trust after disciplinary hearing

Jennifer Melle is taking the trust to an employment tribunal in April over claims of harassment, direct discrimination and indirect discrimination

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5 h. ago Nurse who called paedophile trans patient 'Mr' hails 'common sense' victory as she's allowed to keep her job after facing disciplinary for speaking publicly about ordeal

Protesters including the Darlington nurses gathered outside the hospital headquarters in Epsom, Surrey, where Jennifer was hauled before a disciplinary panel today.

Economics

6 h. ago Nurse in patient pronoun row will face no further action, trust says

Jennifer Melle faced a disciplinary meeting in Epsom on Tuesday.

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7 h. ago Nurse who spoke out in patient pronoun row faces disciplinary meeting

Jennifer Melle is facing a private meeting with Epsom and St Helier NHS Trust in the Surrey town.

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30 h. ago Nurse fears losing job after speaking out in patient pronoun row

Jennifer Melle is supported by Darlington nurses Bethany Hutchison and Lisa Lockey, along with Fife nurse Sandie Peggie.

Science

4 d. ago Blundering South London nurse forced medication down neck of the wrong patient

Blundering South London nurse forced medication down neck of the wrong patient  MyLondon

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4 d. ago Horror as nurse stabbed in the face by patient in unprovoked attack at Welsh hospital

Alexander Horton, 34, was a patient at Princess of Wales Hospital in Bridgend who attacked a nurse with a sharpened pen in an unprovoked incident, leaving her with two scars

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9 d. ago ‘People think abuse comes with working in A&E. It shouldn’t be like that’

How a hospital is helping NHS staff realise they need not accept violence, abuse and aggression on the job Hugo (not his real name), an advanced clinical practitioner, was on the night shift in A&E at Great Western hospital, Swindon, when a drunk patient started swearing aggressively at a nurse. “When I asked if I could help, he told me, ‘Fuck off you gay cunt.’ When I asked him not to speak to me like that and to return to his seat in the waiting room, he just walked up the corridor swearing and repeatedly shouting ‘gaydar’.”Hugo said he was initially more annoyed than scared, even when the patient grabbed a crutch and started swinging it about. “There wasn’t time to be frightened,” he said. “You’re just trying to protect your colleagues and the patients.” He called security and in the end the police had to arrest the patient. He said although he had experienced aggressive and violent behaviour – over the course of his career, he has been kicked, spat at, pushed and intimidated...

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1 week ago Face masks ‘inadequate’ and should be swapped for respirators, WHO advised

Experts are urging guideline changes on what health professionals should wear to protect against flu-like illnesses including CovidSurgical face masks provide inadequate protection against flu-like illnesses including Covid, and should be replaced by respirator-level masks – worn every time doctors and nurses are face to face with a patient, according to a group of experts urging changes to World Health Organization guidelines.There is “no rational justification remaining for prioritising or using” the surgical masks that are ubiquitous in hospitals and clinics globally, given their “inadequate protection against airborne pathogens”, they said in a letter to WHO chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Face masks ‘inadequate’ and should be swapped for respirators, WHO is advised

Experts are urging guideline changes on what health professionals should wear to protect against flu-like illnesses including CovidSurgical face masks provide inadequate protection against flu-like illnesses including Covid, and should be replaced by respirator-level masks – worn every time doctors and nurses are face to face with a patient, according to a group of experts urging changes to World Health Organization guidelines.There is “no rational justification remaining for prioritising or using” the surgical masks that are ubiquitous in hospitals and clinics globally, given their “inadequate protection against airborne pathogens”, they said in a letter to WHO chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Hospice nurse who's seen thousands of deaths shares one that made her question everything

Julie McFadden, who runs the popular YouTube channel Hospice Nurse Julie, opened up about the disturbing patient experience that made her question her beliefs about evil and bad energies

Events

2 w. ago 'I've seen thousands of deaths as hospice nurse – one made me question everything'

A veteran hospice nurse has shared with her 660,000 YouTube subscribers the one patient encounter in 16 years of caring for the terminally ill that made her question everything

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2 w. ago Nurse reveals she was 'beaten nearly to death' by man refused hospital appointment

The nurse said she had to run and hide during the terrifying rampage

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2 w. ago Nurse 'beaten half to death' by 'hospital patient' who was refused appointment

WARNING: Graphic Images: Officers have confirmed a 20-year-old man, originally from Afghanistan, has been taken to a police station.

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