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Health board to axe 400 nurses

By Niamh Anderson   A MAJOR Scottish health board is slashing another 400 nursing posts, it emerged today. NHS Lothian has already made 800 job...

Nurses urged to whistleblow

NURSES will be encouraged to blow the whistle on inadequate care of patients. Today, (Mon) all registered nurses and preregistration nurses in the UK will...

‘Lazy’ Nurses left 87-year-old slumped in chair

By Oliver Farrimond THE FURIOUS daughter of an 87-year-old woman has hit out at “lazy” NHS staff after they left her all night in a...

Public facing workers “deserving of abuse”

By Andrea McCallum NIGHTCLUB bouncers, call centre workers, parking attendants and receptionists are all considered “legitimate targets” for abuse from members of the public, according...

Nursing agencies paid higher hourly rate than First Minister

By Rory Reynolds NHS boards in Scotland are paying nursing agencies a higher hourly rate than the First Minister in a desperate bid to cover...

NHS efficiency bosses “need their heads examined”

By Rory Reynolds A PLAN to give nurses pedometers to monitor how far they walk every day has been blasted as “ hair brained” by...

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