A GP surgery in Hampshire has been rated ‘inadequate’ by the healthcare watchdog after inspectors grew concerned about staffing gaps and a lack of safeguarding training among nurses. In a report published earlier this month, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) said that Bury Road Surgery in Gosport ‘had not ensured there were always sufficient numbers...
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Calls have been made for the implementation of a suicide prevention programme for the nursing workforce in the UK. Members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) have discussed the need for urgent action on suicide within the profession, and have highlighted how a ‘consistent and coordinated approach’ is required. During the RCN’s annual conference...
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The Welsh Government is to implement a two-year pay deal for NHS staff in Wales despite the threat of nurse strikes in the summer. Health minister Eluned Morgan said the government would begin the process ‘immediately’ so that staff received their payments ‘as soon as practicable’. But the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Wales has...
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