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Care home in Elgin to make urgent improvements

A care home for older people in must make urgent improvements in the care experienced by vulnerable residents, inspectors have said. The Care Inspectorate has...

Increased demand prompts mental health course expansion

Student numbers in Kirkcaldy are set to swell after the University of Dundee announced plans to expand one of its most popular nursing programmes. The...

Ebola nurse “hid fever” claim NMC

EBOLA nurse Pauline Cafferkey has been accused of “intending to conceal” that she had a fever during a medical screening. Miss Cafferkey was originally infected...

Nurse “caused baby’s hypothermia” claims NMC

A BABY suffered hypothermia as a result of a nurse's failure to switch on a humdifier, the nursing watchdog has alleged. It is claimed thtat...

NHS 24 nurse failed to help pregnant mum who later suffered stillbirth

A PREGNANT woman gave birth to a stillborn child five days after an NHS 24 nurse recommended she took paracetemol if the pain got...

Nurse hit elderly hospital patient in scenes reminiscent of pub fight

A HOSPITAL nurse hit an elderly patient so hard he was knocked on to his back in bed. Grace Wilson went "punch for punch" in...

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