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Data firm that lost tax secrets at pub is accused of new blunder over nurses' personal records - Daily Mail 9th November 2008
The firm that lost highly sensitive taxpayer records in a pub carpark faced fresh criticism last night over its handling of nurses’ personal details.
Last weekend the Department for Work and Pensions closed down a key online services system – the Government Gateway – after a memory stick containing confidential documents and passwords was found outside a pub.
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Love gifts nurse to be struck off - Liverpool Echo 1st November 2008
A PSYCHIATRIC nurse accused of having an “inappropriate relationship” with one of his patients after lavishing her with gifts faces being struck off.
Richard Fassam, 61, was counselling the woman for depression at the Broadoak unit, Broadgreen.
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Wirral nurse struck off after giving overdose to patient - Liverpool Echo 27th October 2008
INCOMPETENT nurse Michelle Williams was struck off the medical register after her own bosses reported her.
Health chiefs in Wirral said they had no choice but to report Williams, of Birkenhead, to ensure she could never work as a nurse anywhere in the country again.
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Nurse suspended after 'chatting on a mobile phone while taking patient's blood' - Daily Mail 27th October 2008
A hospital nurse has been suspended for allegedly chatting on her mobile phone while carrying out a blood test.
Calista Ukaegbu is said to have used hand signals to tell the woman patient what to do because she was so engrossed in her conversation.
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Honour at last for 'Flying Nightingales' who treated 100,000 Second World War troops on planes - Daily Mail 24th October 2008
For 64 years, their extraordinary bravery in World War Two has gone unrecognised.
But now seven nurses who risked their own lives to help evacuate more than 100,000 wounded soldiers from the battlefields of Europe have finally been honoured for their courage.
The women - dubbed the Flying Nightingales - were presented with lifetime achievement awards by the Duchess of Cornwall last night.
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Night nursing service's £300,000 boost - Carlisle News & Star 21st October 2008
Night nursing services are set to triple in the north of the county thanks to an extra £300,000 from NHS Cumbria.
The cash will bring the number of staff treating patients at home in Allerdale, Copeland and Eden up to six.
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Blunder left my son with a double MMR jab - Liverpool Echo 20th October 2008
A 14-MONTH-OLD Merseyside boy was accidentally given a second injection of the MMR vaccine.
David Dobson and his twin brother Robert, from Netherton were taken by their mother Karen to their local health centre last Wednesday for a combined measles, mumps and rubella jab and HiB vaccine.
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Wait for racism judgement - Carlisle News & Star 17th October 2008
A SENIOR nurse who claims she suffered racial discrimination at the hands of hospital bosses will have to wait until at least December to find out if she has won her case.
Mixed race Sarina Saiger claims she was subjected to a campaign of victimisation and harassment while working for the North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust.
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Hospital boss denies racism - Carlisle News & Star 16th October 2008
A HOSPITAL chief accused of assaulting a senior nurse and telling her she did not fit in because of her race has issued an outright denial.
North Cumbria’s former director of nursing, Bruce Skilbeck, took to the witness stand at a tribunal into claims by former assistant Sarina Saiger that he told her she was the “wrong colour and culture” for Cumbria. She also alleges he physically assaulted her.
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Senior nurse claims hospitals HR boss hunted for mistakes - Carlisle News & Star 14th October 2008
The woman in charge of staffing at north Cumbria’s main hospitals has denied accusations that she launched a racially-motivated campaign of harassment against a senior nurse.
Shirley Chipperfield, human resources director at the North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust, took to the witness stand at a high-profile tribunal in Newcastle yesterday.
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Matrons to make comeback in battle against superbugs - The Telegraph 14th October 2008
Traditional matrons are set to make a comeback in Scottish hospitals as part of a campaign to tackle superbugs, SNP ministers have announced.
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Tim Campbell: Mary Seacole was a hero of the Crimean war - The Observer 12th October 2008
Mary Seacole's entrepreneurial skill and dedication to helping others through nursing makes her a perfect role model
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Coroner's rap over fatal jab at Whiston Hopsital - Liverpool Echo 11th October 2008
A CORONER has criticised the training of a student nurse who gave a grandmother a fatal injection.\n\nChristopher Sumner,said 91-year-old Edna Alker’s death “was a result of a preventable consequence of a necessary medical procedure.”
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University critised over lethal injection death - Liverpool Daily Post 11th October 2008
THE coroner investigating the death of a grandmother given a lethal injection by a student nurse has criticised the university where she was studying.
Christopher Sumner said 91-year-old Edna Alker’s death “was a result of a preventable consequence of a necessary medical procedure”.
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Ex-nursing boss denies he assaulted nurse - Carlisle News & Star 9th October 2008
accused of assaulting a senior nurse and telling her she did not fit in because of her race has issued an outright denial.
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Boss quizzed in nurse harassment trial - Carlisle News & Star 9th October 2008
THE former boss of north Cumbria’s hospitals has defended her decision not to suspend a top director despite claims that he had assaulted a senior nurse.
Marie Burnham, who ran the West Cumberland Hospital and Cumberland Infirmary until earlier this year, insists she took the allegations seriously.
Former assistant director of nursing Sarina Saiger claims she was assaulted by her boss, Bruce Skilbeck.
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Former hospitals chief doubted assault claim - Carlisle News & Star 8th October 2008
THE former boss of North Cumbria’s hospitals has defended her decision not to suspend a top director despite claims he had assaulted a senior nurse.
Burnham, Marie
DOUBT: Former North Cumbria Acute Hospitals Trust chief executive, Marie Burnham.
Marie Burnham, who ran the Cumberland Infirmary and West Cumberland Hospital until earlier this year, insists she took the allegations very seriously.
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Boss denies taking sides in NHS fight - Carlisle News & Star 3rd October 2008
THE former boss of north Cumbria’s hospitals has defended her decision not to suspend a top director despite claims he had assaulted a senior nurse.
Marie Burnham, who ran the Cumberland Infirmary and West Cumberland Hospital until earlier this year, insists she took the allegations very seriously.
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Edna Alker inquest hears wrong syringe blamed for death - Liverpool Echo 1st October 2008
A GRANDMOTHER would not have been killed by a lethal dose of drugs had a nurse used the correct syringe, an inquest heard.
Edna Alker, 91, died five years ago after a student nurse gave her a lethal injection of potassium chloride.
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Rules "broken" in lethal dose - inquest hears - Liverpool Daily Post 1st October 2008
A 91-YEAR-OLD grandmother would not have been killed by a lethal dose of drugs had nurses followed intensive care protocols, an inquest heard yesterday.
The elderly patient died after a student nurse gave her an overdose of potassium chloride.
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