Mental health nursing faces a future of cultural change

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Mental health nurses in U.K. are gearing up for an overhaul after a landmark inquiry report, into the death of David Rocky Bennett. The enquiry, which began in 2002, four years after Bennett's death, looked into wider issues such as racism and experts argue systems and not staff should change.

Author: O'Dowd, Adrian
Practice, Nursing services

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Waiting to happen; the findings of an inquiry into the death of a man who waited nine hours in A&E to be seen by a doctor should act as a 'wake-up call' for hospitals throughout the UK

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Information on the investigation of the mismanagement of triage system that led to a patient's death at Whipps Cross Hospital in London, England is offered. Additional information on nurses' services in accident & emergency department at Whipps Cross Hospital is included.

Author: Akid, Matthew
Legal issues & crime, Hospitals, Services information, England, Management, Company legal issue, Cases, Services, Investigations, Emergency medical services, Patients, Company business management, Company services, Death of, Triage (Medicine), Whipps Cross Hospital (London, England)

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1Foreign nurses fill a third of London posts

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Of all the nurses working in central London, England, one-third of them immigrated from other countries. This is according to a report by a top nurse researcher, Professor James Buchan.

Author: Akid, Matthew
Health care industry, London, England, Nursing

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Subjects list: Demographic aspects, Nurses
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