Nursing - News June 9, 2011

GPs want 'more NHS concessions' (BBC News)
GPs have urged ministers to make more concessions in their re-think of the NHS plans for England.

Hospital 'overcrowding' concerns (BBC News)
The Royal College of Surgeons believes the maximum bed occupancy should not exceed 82% Some Welsh hospitals have become routinely overcrowded, with high bed occupancy rates, figures obtained by the BBC show.

Former Polish president Lech Walesa hospitalized (Las Vegas Sun)
Lech Walesa, the anti-communist dissident who founded Solidarity in Poland, has been hospitalized in his hometown of Gdansk, officials said Thursday.

Dumbing down disrespects nurses (Berkshire Eagle Online - Berkshires Week)
Fair or unfair, the federal government is now tying Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements to patient satisfaction.

Nursing grads are Monmouth campus' first (Statesman Journal)
OHSU School of Nursing instructor Roseann Kendall of Salem greets grads Rebekah Schaffner of Albany and Kimberlly Sheehan of McMinnville after a commencement ceremony Monday in Portland.

June wedding planned (Westland Observer)
Erika Rene Henriksen and Patrick Jonathan English announce their engagement. The bride-to-be, daughter of Craig and Rene Henriksen of Farmington Hills, graduated from Albion College and Wayne State University College of Nursing.

Beckley Businessman Has Solution For Medicine Disposal (WBOY)
When Chris Vaught, owner of Vaught Inc., first got into the medicine disposal business, he encountered a few roadblocks.

Job cuts spark Southern Cross calls (Salisbury Journal)
The Government has come under more pressure to bail out Southern Cross Healthcare as the embattled care home operator revealed plans to cut 3,000 jobs.

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