Low demand for homeowner help

Article Abstract:

The Department of Communities and Local Government reports that out of the 12,200 key workers who bought homes through the government's Key Worker Living Scheme between April 2004 and August 2006, only one-sixth were nurses. It is believed that while key workers are interested in taking up these opportunities of owning their home, very few of them who managed to get a place had any help at all, and most people, especially nurses, did not know about the scheme due to lack of publicity.

Homes and haunts, Home ownership

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Victory for common sense as 'stalkers' charter' is thrown out

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The United Kingdom's Nursing and Midwifery Council is eliminating the possibility that the personal details of nurses will be made public. The government will no longer make public the address of all practitioners following the "Save nurses from stalkers" campaign.

Powers and duties, Information management, Stalking (Criminal law), Stalking, Information accessibility, United Kingdom. Nursing and Midwifery Council

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New plans to protect nurses from attacks

Article Abstract:

Nursing times indicates that violence is the most common cause of occupational injury sustained by nurses. Scotland has launched a new law that would consider it a special offence to attack nurses and other staff giving emergency care

Scotland, Work-related injuries, Work related injuries

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