Nursing - News October 5, 2013

Fundraiser Lindsay Manifold in the lounge at Sobell House Hospice (Heraldseries.co.uk)
IT STARTED out in 1976 and, as it gears up for Hospice Care Week on Monday, Sobell House Hospice is getting ready to shout about the vital care it provides for the people of Oxfordshire.

Backlog of care for dementia is cleared (This is Wiltshire)
Last year, it was reported that the county had one of the longest waiting lists for treatment in the UK, with limited funding for services causing a severe backlog in the north of the county specifically.

Heroic Fight by Sutter Nurses Shows That Workers Can Fight and Win (Switched)
In a political and economic climate so heavily influenced by Wall Street, corporate CEOs, and extremists like those who shut down the government in an effort to block even the modest reforms of the Affordable Care Act, it's sometimes hard to remember that it is still possible for nurses and working people to fight and win.

Nursing, rehab center receives grant to help patients through music (Green Bay Press-Gazette)
The State of Wisconsin recently awarded Memorial Nursing & Rehab Center a grant to become certified as a Music & Memory facility.

Fight of their lives (The New Zealand Herald)
Seven women are diagnosed with breast cancer in New Zealand every day. Amelia Wade tells the stories of seven patients Cushla Williams was showering three years ago when she felt a lump in her armpit that felt "like a frozen pea".

DEBATE: Should GP surgeries be open 12 hours a day, seven days a... (West Sussex Today)
The Prime Minister David Cameron announced at the Conservative party conference this week that GP surgeries could be open 12 hours a day, seven days a week.

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