Nursing - News January 30, 2013

Award-winning doc 'was reject' (Dunstable Today)
A doctor who went into medicine as a mature student after being a "reject" at school has received an award for his teaching.

Main image for Dorset County Hospital launches nursing recruitment campaign (Western Gazette)
The hospital is actively recruiting registered nurses to all specialties to increase its pool of staff and reduce the need to use temporary staff.

Wakefield, Pontefract and Dewsbury: Union to consult hospital nurses over strike ballot (Yorkshire Evening Post)
Nurses are to be consulted over a ballot for strike action in support of administrative workers involved in a bitter dispute at the Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust.

Mental patients 'unlawfully held' (Blackpool Citizen)
One in every 25 mentally ill patients who have been sectioned have "irregularities" in their records which could mean they are being unlawfully detained, the health watchdog said.

Conservatives want to scrap eHealth but still develop electronic medical records (The Winnipeg Free Press)
The Progressive Conservatives would phase out eHealth Ontario and put health professionals in charge of developing electronic medical records, Opposition Leader Tim Hudak said Tuesday.

EXCLUSIVE: Hospital ward caring for dying patients in Ely set to close for "six to eight weeks" (Cambs Times)
A HOSPITAL ward caring for elderly and dying patients in Ely is set to close for eight weeks, the Ely Standard can reveal.

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