Jennifer Sprinks
Daily digest May 1 2015
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Organ donor baby has 'increased my faith in my job' says specialist nurse
NHS Blood and Transplant specialist nurse in organ donation Angharad Griffiths recalls the heart-warming day she spent with the family of Teddy Houlston, Britain's youngest organ donor
Daily digest April 24 2015
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Daily digest April 21 2015
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Mindfulness as good as antidepressants, says university study
A study, published in the Lancet, has found that mindfulness sessions are just as effective as long-term antidepressants for reducing the risk of relapse in depression
Nurses join rally against controversial EU-US trade deal
April 18 demonstration in London calls for NHS to be exempt from the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership agreement
Doctors call for action on reducing sepsis deaths
A paper published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases today warns that clinicians and the public need greater awareness of sepsis to reduce the number of deaths from the condition
Health colleagues mourn death of nurse Karen Buckley
Nursing colleagues and fellow occupational therapy students pay tribute to the Glasgow-based nurse who was found dead this week
Unison health conference
Read all our coverage of Unison's annual health conference in Liverpool
Labour promises more nurse recruitment from September 2015
Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham told health workers at Unison's annual health conference about his five-point plan for rebuilding the NHS
Health workers will fight plans to remove unsocial hours pay
Unison members have overwhelmingly voted in favour of two motions defending unsocial hours payments
Pay all staff an extra £1 an hour, say Unison members
Members of Unison vote to push for a £1 an hour pay rise for all staff at the union's annual conference in Liverpool
Inadequate nurse staffing continues to threaten patient care
The fourth year of Unison's survey of nurses to 'spot test' staffing levels on a single day shows no improvements despite huge recruitment drives across the UK
Parents in Australia face losing childcare payments if they object to inoculations
The Australian government is to cut child support funding to parents who refuse vaccination for their infants
Unison leader warns of five years of ‘broken promises’ on the NHS
Unison general secretary Dave Prentis gives speech to members on what he believes another Tory-led government would mean for NHS services
Student film helps bridge gap between patients and nurses
Northumbria University's learning disability nursing students have created a film to bridge a communication gap between patients and nurses
Daily digest April 13 2015
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Fewer nurses are providing more care, says the RCN
The RCN's latest Frontline First report says the nursing profession is increasingly becoming overstretched