Should we be recruiting volunteers to work in hospitals?

Article Abstract:

Chancellor Gordon Brown is calling for volunteers in the NHS. Some people believe that volunteers can provide beneficial services if their roles and resources are planned carefully, while others feel that the use of volunteers in health care will devalue the wages and skills of low-paid staff.

Usage, Human resource management, Health care industry, Hospitals, Volunteer workers in hospitals, Hospital volunteers, Brown, Gordon (British chancellor)

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Lives at risk - or votes?

Article Abstract:

Issues are presented concerning the National Health Service Direct service and the accuracy of the advice given by staff manning the helplines. The role of call handlers who are not nurses is discussed.

Services, Nurses

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Care must be at the heart of reform

Article Abstract:

The author reminds British health officials planning health care reform that nurses are important part of patient care and patient care should always be the central concern of health services.

Legal issues & crime, Government regulation (cont), Government regulation, Management dynamics, Legal/Government Regulation, Management, Laws, regulations and rules, Nursing, Health care reform, Patient care, Company business management

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