A man living with cancer died after being given multiple overdoses of morphine
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Venetia Wynter-Blyth is the RCN Nurse of the Year for 2016. The clinical nurse specialist won the prestigious prize for her work in providing structured support to cancer patients who are facing major surgery.
NHS trusts have been struggling to recruit nurses, with the profession remaining on the Home Office’s ‘shortage occupation list’. Many trusts are now rushing to recruit from outside the European Union – including the Philippines and India.
Services for patients with motor neurone disease vary throughout the UK, with co-ordinated multidisciplinary care being the gold standard. New NICE guidance aims to improve care from diagnosis to end of life.
Refugees who have fled war zones have a substantially higher risk of psychotic disorders than non-refugee migrants, suggests a recent study. Many refugees with mental health problems do not receive specialist help.
A helpline for healthcare staff, funded by the government but run by the NSPCC, is the latest attempt to encourage professionals to speak up about suspected child abuse.
In the second of our monthly series which celebrates modern nursing roles across the regions in the RCN’s centenary year, Alison Whyte talks to nurses in the south east of England.
