Dial N for nurses

Article Abstract:

UK NHS Direct is a pilot telephone help line staffed by nurses, which allows members of the public to have direct access to medical information without the need to visit a doctor. NHS Direct has established three pilot call centres which will run for two years from the beginning of March 1998. More centres could be launched if the pilot scheme is successful. Managers believe the help line will ensure people receive appropriate treatment because nurses can direct patients to the best service for their condition. Serious cases are always directed to established accident and emergency units.

United Kingdom, Services, Hotlines (Counseling), Health counseling, NHS Direct

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Mind games

Article Abstract:

Media coverage of the recent case of nurse Amanda Jenkinson, who was jailed for five years for tampering with hospital equipment, has inevitably drawn parallels with the 1993 case of nurse Beverly Allitt. In both cases, some newspapers breached regulations on court reporting, dismissing the nurses as guilty before the case had reached a conclusion, and media coverage used extreme language, turning the normal image of nurses as caring people on its head. Newspapers have been guilty of stereotyping nurses and not taking account of the actual facts of individual cases.

Nurses, Media coverage

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Mind, body and school

Article Abstract:

Chailey Heritage School cares for children with a range of disabilities, including brain damaged children. The children stay for between six and eighteen months and the long term aim is for them to be able to go back to mainstream school. The centre is running two research projects, one of which involves a system which guides wheelchairs around the centre and the children can choose which way to go. The other project is to try and prevent deformity by making children wear supports which improve their posture.

Care and treatment, Management, Brain-damaged children, Hospital schools

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