A job for sister?
Article Abstract:
Cuts in the health service mean nurses are being made redundant and can no longer be sure of a lifetime's work. It is suggested that the public still believes that nurses are in short supply and cannot accept that nurses are being made redundant. Cuts are being made at the Middlesex Hospital, London, UK, in the orthopaedic, urology, gastroenterology and geriatric units. There will be competitive interviewing and redeployment, as well as redundancy. Nurses are unhappy about teams being split and the loss of specialist knowledge. It is thought that patients might face early discharge to community care, which is already stretched beyond capacity. Militancy is being shown by the Middlesex staff, with strikes and protests.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1992
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Study suggests quality care depends on trained staff
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Managers can make savings by cutting staff numbers and lifting the number of qualified nurses, according to a two-year study by the University of York and North Western Regional Health Authority. The report suggests that smaller groups of qualified nurses deliver more cost-effective and better quality care than larger groups which include unqualified staff. Research was carried out in eight surgical and medical wards. The findings conflict with studies carried out by the Value for Money Unit (VMU) of the UK Dept of Health.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1992
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Too many chiefs ... (NHS management numbers rise as nursing numbers fall)
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Although the number of general managers in the NHS rose to 9,700 in 1990, the number of nursing staff dropped to by 3,000 to 402,100 between 1989 and 1990 and the number is continuing to fall. The number of hospital patients however is rising. The DoH explains that the fall in nursing number is because of nurses moving into general managment, the ending of enrolled nurse training and the launch of Project 2000.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1992
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