Category: News
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Wales: CNO highlights importance of staff wellbeing and training support – Community Practitioner
Sue Tranka, Chief Nursing Officer for Wales, has stressed the importance of supporting the health and wellbeing of the nursing and midwifery professions. ‘Growing the workforce, investing in, and developing nurse and midwifery leaders at every level through formal and informal leadership programmes, was one of the priorities last year,’ said Sue at the annual…
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Scotland: ‘Fund to Leave’ offered to victims of domestic abuse – Community Practitioner
Five local authorities will benefit from Fund to Leave to support women and children escape abusive relationships. Victims of domestic abuse could receive up to £1000 from the new pilot fund in order to pay for the essentials they may need when leaving an abusive partner. The grants will be available until March 2024. Around…
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Gambling companies to pay for gambling addiction treatment – Community Practitioner
A new gambling levy will mean all gambling operators paying equally towards research, prevention and treatment of gambling addiction. The new proposed levy is estimated to raise £100 million of funding for the NHS. Online gambling operators will be set to pay 1% on gross gambling yield, while betting shops and casinos will pay around…
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Northern Ireland: concerns about cervical screening results – Community Practitioner
Around 17,000 smear tests to be reviewed after abnormalities may have been missed, says Southern Health and Social Care Trust. This comes after Southern Trust laboratory staff expressed concerns about some steps of the screening system in 2022. A further risk assessment report from the Royal College of Pathologists said that while most negative results…
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Scotland launches baby loss memorial book – Community Practitioner
Charities and health professionals in Scotland have helped design a baby loss memorial book, open to anyone who has experienced pregnancy or baby loss prior to 24 weeks. The book gives parents the opportunity to commemorate their loss with a physical record. The free service was produced by the Scottish Government and National Records of…
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A smokefree generation? – Community Practitioner
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced plans to implement a phased smoking ban that would prevent people turning fourteen or younger this year from being able to buy cigarettes. Tobacco is responsible for 64,000 preventable deaths in England, according to a policy paper published by the government on Thursday. It increases the chances of stillbirth,…
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More than one in 20 children in the UK are sleeping on the floor – Community Practitioner
A further one in 10 has had to share a bed with another family member, causing tiredness, embarrassment or anxiety, reveals Barnardo’s. Based on data gathered from a YouGov survey commissioned by Barnardo’s, there could be as many as 700,000 children sharing beds, and 440,000 sleeping on the floor in the UK. Barnardo’s workers have…
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A call to help shape the future of end of life care research – Community Practitioner
Health and social care professionals are being asked to take part in a vital survey to help inform end of life care research. End of life charity Marie Curie is working with the James Lind Alliance to update the top 10 priorities for palliative care, and to establish key areas for research that Marie Curie…