Nursing - News July 18, 2013

NM, WebMD partner on public health alert system (The News Tribune)
Health Secretary Retta Ward says the outbreak of Hepatitis A cases weeks ago demonstrates that the ability to instantly community with medical providers is critical.

SUNY seeks job training money to fill openings (WHEC-TV Rochester)
Sen. Charles Schumer says he expects the State University of New York will win a $23 million grant to expand and create courses at community colleges to match current job openings.

Morning news headlines for July 18, 2013 (IcNetwork)
A A 1.2 billion contract for new 140mph trains was announced today by the Government and NHS emergency care is "unsustainable", leading doctors have said A A 1.2 billion contract for new 140mph trains that will reduce journey times on key intercity routes was announced today by the Government.

Former Wedgwood worker dies after nurses leave infected tube in patients body (This Is Staffordshire)
THE family of a 53-year-old woman are taking legal action against a hospital after she died from an infection caused by a tube left in her body by nurses for 10 days too long.

NHS Patients Urged To Be Hospital Inspectors (Rock FM)
The new Chief Inspector of Hospitals, Professor Sir Mike Richard, has announced ways to radically change how hospitals in England are assessed.

Former hospital governors call on Dudley Group bosses to resign (Stourbridgenews.co.uk)
TWO former hospital governors are calling for top bosses at the Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust to be sacked after a major review exposed staff shortages and a failure to handle complaints properly.

Huge page rise for Basingstoke's hospital trust bosses (Basingstoke Gazette)
TOP managers in Basingstoke's hospital trust have received pay rises of up to 18 per cent - while frontline staff have endured a pay freeze.

Nursing staff sought after in Swindon (Swindon Advertiser)
Buy this photo David Trowbridge and Janett Holyoak of First City Nursing Services, which is looking to recruit 75 new nurses SWINDON will soon see an increased demand for registered nurses and healthcare assistants after local nursing recruitment firm First City Nursing won an NHS contract to supply staff to nearby hospitals.

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