Business leaders have renewed their demand for a review of nurses’ and other public sector pensions, calling for a shift from “unsustainable” final salary schemes.
A report by the CBI says a more affordable system is needed if the “trillion pound burden” on the taxpayer is to be contained.
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With the UK’s government trying to claw money back and plug leaking holes, many are concerned that the NHS and other public services could be an easy target. Many British Nurses are concerned about their overtime and the care of patients may suffer as a result. With stories such as THIS ONE which Alistair Darling has asked for a 2.3 billion to be saved in 2010-2010 spending plans on the NHS, we will just have to see how the year unfolds.
The UK’s NHS announced yesterday that it is to push the Swine Flu vaccine for infants and young children through. The NHS has failed to reach the an agreement with family doctor representatives. The programme will begin after christmas, after talks have broken down.
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“NORTH ADAMS — Unionized health care workers at North Adams Regional Hospital voted to authorize a strike in 10 days unless a contract is reached beforehand.Service Employees International Union 1199 will present their notice to hospital executives this morning when contract negotiations resume.
Of the chapter’s 174 members, 152 cast ballots Monday with 134, or 88 percent, voting for the strike.
“We’re sending a strong message to management and the Board of Trustees that we are to be taken seriously and that we want these negotiations to be over with,” Michael O’Brien, local chapter chairman, said Monday.
“Our membership voted in favor of the strike because they want to have some control over their work lives. With our current contract, they have that. What management wants to do is to take control out of our hands totally. We want to get back to working with the hospital’s administration and get out of the financial hole it’s in.”"
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While screaming, throwing things, backstabbing and gossip may sound like schoolyard antics, a new survey of more than 2,100 physicians and nurses found these and other examples of bad behavior occur frequently on the front lines of health care — in our nation’s hospitals.
Barry Silbaugh, MD, chief executive officer of the American College of Physician Executives, hopes his organization can take a leading role in eliminating bad behavior in the health care industry.
“We were surprised this doesn’t seem to be getting better, despite talking about it for years,” said Barry Silbaugh, M.D., chief executive officer of the American College of Physician Executives (ACPE), which conducted the survey. “Our goal is to have zero tolerance for disruptive communication and behavior, because that affects the safety of the patients. And it presents problems in the workforce.”
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A kind of fun story this! A hospital in Florida, Sarasota Memorial Healthcare System, is planning to replace the audible alarms with Iphones. It hopes that it will bring quieter and more precise communication among the nurses in the hospital! “On the floor where the iPods were deployed, the hospital reduced overhead pages from 172 in eight hours to 38. The 25 deployed iPods were receiving 4,000 messages per day.”
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You’re welcome to talk about anything nursing and not nursing related as you like. Let your hair down, talk about movies and music to how your day was on the ward. I’ll soon be keeping the site updated with nursing news from across the globe and hopefully will even open it up for you the readers to make your own blog too!