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A system allowing patients and families to request an independent care review, if they think deterioration is being ignored by clinicians, will be rolled out in the coming months. NHS England today announced that Martha’s Rule would be implemented in a minimum of 100 hospitals across the next year starting…
Demand for internationally educated mental health and children’s nurses in the UK is increasing, according to a recruitment company that finds staff for the NHS. At present and historically, the vast majority of nurses who come to the UK from overseas will register as an adult nurse. “Paediatric nurses are…
The chief nurse of a children's hospice is seeking to challenge perceptions of the specialty and encourage more nurses into it. Catherine Randall, who joined Derian House Children’s Hospice in Lancashire as its clinical leader at the end of last year, said moving into palliative care had been a “privilege”…
Child serial killer and former nurse Lucy Letby is attempting to overturn her convictions for a second time. It has been announced that 34-year-old Letby, who was found guilty in August 2023 of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six others at the hospital where she worked as a…
An appeal by former nurse Lucy Letby to have her murder conviction overturned has been thrown out. Last August, 34-year-old Letby was handed a whole-life prison sentence for the murder of seven babies, and attempted murder of six others, which she carried out while working as a neonatal nurse at…
Body coach and fitness author Joe Wicks joined staff this week at Kingston Hospital to open a new cancer unit for children. He was accompanied on Tuesday by retired consultant paediatrician Dr Andrew Winrow at the opening of the unit, which is run by Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in…
A children’s hospital has appointed its first lead sepsis nurse, following the death of a 16-month-old boy who was misdiagnosed with chickenpox. Emma Nicholson has taken on the new role at Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, where she will provide training to staff to support them to detect and treat…
School nurses have once again urged the government to implement universal school meal provision for all primary and secondary school children in England, as part of fresh calls from leading public health organisations to tackle food poverty. The Faculty of Public Health today published a report, in coalition with other…
The government has been urged to invest in health visiting services, as nurse leaders warn that mental health problems among babies, children and young people (BCYP) are “spiralling out of control”. This week, the government published a series of documents, to review work already underway in local areas to better…
Health visitors and district nurses would play a pivotal role in improving “plummeting” health outcomes for children if the Labour Party is elected, the opposition has said as it unveiled its latest manifesto pledge ahead of an expected 2024 general election. The Labour Party’s Child Health Action Plan, published this…
