Nursing - News July 30, 2011

Andrew Lansley attacks NHS managers for 'letting patients die to save cash' (This Is Money)
The Health Secretary has accused NHS managers of risking lives by making patients wait longer for treatment in a 'cynical' bid to save money.

A rare Fort Cambell homecoming from Iraq (The Leaf-Chronicle)
A rare Fort Cambell homecoming from Iraq Combat Support Hospital troops wrap up busy year Comments Sgt.

Excela to reduce nurses' wages (Pittsburgh Tribune)
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575 Nursing Home Workers To Lose Jobs In Closure (Hartford Courant)
The first big round of layoffs at four closing Connecticut nursing homes begins Tuesday as 81 employees get pink slips, the first of 575 workers set to lose their jobs.

Fears for 140 Lancashire mental health nurse jobs (Lancashire Telegraph)
THE future of 140 nurses in Lancashire could be under threat in a mental health shake-up, a union has said.

Sanders: 'No wonder' public is angry (KHQA-TV Quincy)
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Docs, Hospitals Fear Getting Stiffed By US (WPXI)
Doctors, hospitals, nursing homes and pharmacies might not get paid for products and services if the federal government defaults on its debt next week.

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