Nursing - News April 14, 2014

Controversial plans to scrap night time care at Westhoughton care home approved - Theboltonnews.co.uk

Bolton Council cabinet members raised no objections to closing intermediate and respite care beds at Winifred Kettle Community Care Centre today.

NHS 'faces cuts over lack of funds' - Blackpool Citizen

More money must be ploughed into the NHS or there could be "significant cuts to services", a health charity has warned.

America's Assisted Living Nurses - Las Vegas Newstrip

If you or someone you care about is among the more than 40 million Americans over age 65 or the estimated 8,000 more who reach that age every day a few facts about aging and caring for the aged may be good to know.

Stroke Recovery Managed By Pharmacists More Effective Than Traditional Nursing Care - Medical Daily

Pharmacists may be better at managing the recovery of stroke patients compared to trained nurses, according to a new study that could help improve care for the nearly one million Americans who suffer an attack each year.

Loyola Nursing Class of '64, Together Forever - Newswise

MAYWOOD, Ill. - For a special group of Loyola University Chicago nursing students, 1964 was a year of remarkable transformation.

Call to doctors and nurses over pay - Maldonandburnham Standard

Dave Prentis said all Unison's resources will be mobilised in any fight against the Government's decision not to agree to an across-the-board 1% wage rise in the NHS Nurses and doctors have been urged to stand "shoulder-to-shoulder" with other health workers in a campaign over pay amid the threat of industrial action.

Nurses 'have no time to care' - Andover Advertiser

Half of nurses are working through breaks or beyond their shift, revealing a health service under "severe strain", a new report has warned.