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Yet more stress for nurses and doctors as they are forced to choose which patients are allowed blood tests
A severe national shortage of Yellow top and Purple top blood tubes is having a significant impact on hospitals and...
Third vaccine to be offered to patients with ‘severely weakened immune systems’
Those aged 12 and over with complex medical conditions will be offered a booster. Patients with "severely weakened immune systems"...
Substituting midwives with nurses is putting ‘safety at risk’, warns RCM
Figures from NHS Digital reveal the profession has haemorrhaged 300 midwives in just two months.
Government ‘fails to take concerns seriously’ as health visitors speak up about cuts
Health visitors have warned that the Government is failing to take their concerns seriously follow a "disappointing" response to an...
Electric bikes revolutionise the way district nurses get around
Bosses at the NHS Trust provided £2,000 to encourage more nurses to get on their e-bikes.
Double vaccinated three times less likely to be infected, finds COVID study
The findings indicate that double vaccinated people in the most recent round were estimated to have around 50 to 60%...
Naloxone kits could be issued to police officers, prison officers and pharmacists
The drug can either be inhaled or given via a quick-pen style injection similar to adrenaline.
Warning issued after numerous incidents of oxygen tubing being connected to air flowmeters rather than oxygen
It comes after 108 patient safety incidents in which patients did not receive the required oxygen therapy causing cardiac arrest...
US recalls lateral flow tests amid ‘significant’ accuracy concerns
The FDA has instructed US citizens to stop using the tests amid "significant concerns that the performance of the test...
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