Extend a helping hand

Article Abstract:

The Long-Term Medical Conditions Alliance (LMCA), which includes 100 organizations, is launching proposals on November 10 1999 for improvements in services to the long-term sick. According to a survey by the Alliance, patients would like to nurses to have greater responsibility and a play a wider role. According to Judy Wilson, director of the LMCA, it is important that extending the role of nurses should not dilute their skills, lengthen waiting lists or reduce their allocation of time for patients.

United Kingdom, Practice, Nurses, Long-term care of the sick, Long term care

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Fever pitch

Article Abstract:

The Regional Infectious Diseases Unit in Edinburgh, Scotland, has moved to the city's Western General Hospital. The unit was set up in 1904, but did not really gain widespread recognition until the early 1970s, when it had to deal with a year-long outbreak of hepatitis B. It cares for patients with a wide range of diseases, including chronic fatigue and infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli.

Care and treatment, Communicable diseases, Edinburgh, Scotland

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Coming clean

Article Abstract:

A number of initiatives have been implemented to improve the cleanliness of UK hospitals. Eight sites have been identified as examples of good practice, and these sites are helping to establish national standards. Some observers feel that maintaining improvements in standards will be a challenge.

Maintenance and repair

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