Nursing - News August 1, 2013

A nurse has been removed from duty at the RUH following the inquest verdict (Wiltshire Times)
The Royal United Hospital in Bath has been awarded A 555,400, which will be used to refurbish Combe Ward Two hospitals serving the county have been given more than A 1.3 million to improve care for patients with dementia.

A dozen or more entities interested in buying county nursing home (Chambersburg Public Opinion)
The county is moving forward with accepting proposals from potential buyers as about 700 people have signed a petition opposed to the sale.

Pontypool street party for Gwent hospice (Freepressseries.co.uk)
Held on July 27 in Blaendare Road, organiser Sally Acourt and a team of helpers collected raffle prizes for the day.

For surgery, big and famous hospitals aren't always the best (Fox News)
Patients going to a hospital for surgery care about many things, from how kind the nurses are to how good the food is, but Consumers Union figures what they care about most is whether they stay in the hospital longer than they should and whether they come out alive.

Kindred finalizes sale of nursing centers to Signature (Business Journal)
Louisville-based long-term-care giant Kindred Healthcare Inc. has sold seven nursing centers for about $47 million to affiliates of Louisville-based Signature Healthcare LLC. But in a news release, Kindred said it was unable to satisfy all closing conditions for the sale of one facility and decided to remove it from the transaction.

Feedback from patient survey (Doncaster Free Press)
The first results from a new test asking patients if they would recommend Doncaster and Bassetlaw's hospitals to loved ones are out.

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