Patients are being put at risk by healthcare assistants who have been asked to take on tasks for which they have not been properly trained, nurses have warned….

A new project is underway at Leopardstown Hospital which will help nurses and therapists to keep older people independent for longer. The MAXIMS clinical PAS has already proved a major success among nurses looking after the south Dublin hospital’s 170 plus residents – mostly people over 60 with a range of physical and mental health needs and requiring long-term care. IMS MAXIMS is now...

Hughston Clinic has announced the launch of a new outpatient surgical facility in north Columbus, Georgia, US. The Hughston Surgical Center will focus orthopaedic injuries connected to knees, shoulders, elbows, hips, feet and ankles. The $4m, 9,000ft2 facility includes two operating rooms with surgery and arthroscopic equipment, an eight-bed ward for patient preparation before and after procedures,...

Telstra will install around 3,500 bedside computers in South Australian public hospitals to enable doctors and nurses to use clinical applications and access patient information….

Latest report from Nursing Times show more than 8,800 injuries to nurses have been reported in the past three years. More than 8,800 serious industrial injuries to nurses, midwives, healthcare assistants have been reported at NHS organisations over the past three years, figures released exclusively to Nursing Times show….

Doctors and nurses are being encouraged to give balanced advice to their patients who have kidney failure, so that they can make informed decisions about their choice of dialysis treatment. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) says that advice should consider the person’s personal circumstances alongside their clinical requirements. Dialysis is used to filter waste...

This report examines eight possible scenarios for the number of NHS nurses in England during the next decade, taking into account training places for nurses and midwives, rates of retirement and overseas recruitment. It found that in the worst case scenario, 28 per cent of the nursing workforce (99,000 out of a current workforce of 352,104 registered nurses) could be lost during the next 10 years….

When it comes to technology investment, some hospitals need a culture transfusion. By Lisa Suennen, contributor General Hospital is the longest-running American soap opera currently in production. What a perfect metaphor this is for the real hospital industry, which is facing more drama than ever. This week I visited two hospitals, one a very large and well-known academic medical center, the other...

India Largely as a result of the colonial influence, India’s healthcare is state and territory-organised in what some experts have observed is a macro version of the UK’s pre-1974 NHS structure. Under the government’s National Health Policy of 1983 – updated in 2002 – healthcare is largely free at the point of care, although the booming population and ageing demographic means...

NSW Nurses Association (NSWNA) general secretary Brett Holmes says nurses are concerned about security at the hospital and want its emergency department to have 24-hour security. "For some reason this dedicated level of security does not exist in the emergency department at the moment and that should be rectified as soon as possible," Mr Holmes said in a statement today. "This is a new...