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More than half of the population would have no idea what to do if somebody nearby were to collapse with a heart attack, according to a survey commissioned by St …
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Secretary of State for Health Alan Milburn announced in mid-December that the first-ever national flu vaccination target had been passed only two months into the Government’s £2.5m publicity campaign. A …
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Mr Stewart Flemming, consultant hand and plastic surgeon at St Andrew’s Centre for Plastic Surgery, Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford gave a presentation explaining the common types of work-related hand injuries he …
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An enjoyable annual dinner at The Britannia Country House Hotel, Didsbury, Manchester on November 30 was attended by 45 members and guests. Carol Bannister was unable to attend so Jane Ingham, an elected member of the Society of Occupational Health Nurses (SOHN) Policy and Practice Committee, who recently represented SOHN at the Federation of Occupational Health Nurses Congress in Strasbourg, was her very able replacement.
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A nurse has won a prestigious national award for innovation after designing a booklet to help children going into hospital. Heather Self, above, a nurse at Bupa hospital Washington-in-Tyne, won …
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In a new series starting this month we publish an actual professional problem encountered by a reader and suggest some ways of dealing with it. We are asking readers who …
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Helping employees keep a satisfactory balance between the demands of their job and the competing needs of their private lives is increasingly necessary if valuable employees are to be retained
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This month’s briefing Alternative risks Nurses are often given "superficial" and "inferior" training courses in complementary therapy and could pose a risk to patients by practising without supervision, a parliamentary …
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At least 17 per cent of smokers were planning to give up this new year, according to research by Quit. The charity launched its helpline to encourage the 8.5 million …
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UKCC figures show small rise in registered nurses but not everywhere will notice the improvement
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Life Long Learning and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) are the processes by which professionals, such as nurses, develop and improve their practice. There are many ways to address CPD: formally, …
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A list of useful on-line resources to help you in your professional research and manual handling needs www.hse.gov.uk The Health and Safety Executive’s web site remains the best and most …
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Life Long Learning and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) are the processes by which professionals, such as nurses, develop and improve their practice. There are many ways to address CPD: formally, …
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British union leaders are threatening legal action against General Motors over plans to end car assembly at its Luton plant, claims the Financial Times.Unions representing more than 8,000 workers at …
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British business school graduates are leading the way when it comes to finding jobs thanks to work placements, claims the Association of Business Schools.Chief executive Jonathan Slack, said, "There are …