British nurses are staging a 48-hour strike and 'won't back down' in a bitter row with the government over wages and nurse-to-patient ratios. Members of the Royal College of Nurses (RCN) have walked off their jobs six times since December ...
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Kiwi nurse who cared for COVID-stricken British PM quits NHS over lack of respect for nurses
The nurse who cared for British PM Boris Johnson when he was in intensive care with COVID-19, has quit the NHS over lack of respect for nurses. Kiwi Jenny McGee told the UK's Channel 4 that nurses felt the government ...
More »UK looks to ease NHS wait lists by training nurses to perform surgery
Nurses in the UK will be trained to perform minor surgical procedures in a radical plan to slash NHS waiting times. Nurses with a minimum 18 months post registration experience will be encouraged to undertake a two-year course to become ...
More »Sleeping on the job: NHS rolls out sleep pods for staff
Sleep pods are being installed in a number of hospitals across the NHS in the UK to help combat fatigue among health workers. The pods were first trialled by the Royal Wolverhampton NHS trust in June 2018 and a number ...
More »UK PM angers nurses in lead up to election with ‘tax on nursing’
The UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has angered nurses in the lead-up to the election slated for December this year by failing to address the immigration health surcharge (IHS) levied on nurses from outside the EU – who make up one-tenth of the ...
More »Home and Away, Crocodile Dundee and nurses? Australia’s new big export
Australia and Scotland have longstanding cultural links and the Scots have given Australia many important historical figures. Sir George Hoist Reid for example, was the fourth prime minister of Australia. Peter Dodds McCormick, the composer of the national anthem 'Advance ...
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