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Winterbourne View report: An independent case review into abuse at the Winterbourne View care home in South Gloucestershire has been critical of local health services and police. The owners of the home, health regulators, local health services and police were all criticised for failing to act on increasing warning signs of institutional abuse by staff at the care home. The Daily Telegraph contains a comment piece, which is particularly critical of the regulator, The Care Quality Commission.
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The Daily Mail reports a pill costing £1.40-a-day that could save the lives of thousands suffering from a common heart condition is set to be approved for NHS use. The drug ivabradine slows heart rate and improves its pumping ability, with data showing it cuts deaths by at least 17 per cent. year.html
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Nurses care for 15 patients at a time: The Sunday Telegraph, Daily Express and The Daily Mirror report on a study, carried out by Kings College London at 46 NHS hospitals, which found nurses have an average of 11 patients but as many as 15 to look after at night and eight by day. Janet Davies, of the Royal College of Nursing, was quoted in The Sunday Telegraph, The Daily Express and Daily Mirror saying: "When there aren't enough nurses it has a huge impact on the quality of care for patients. They are left unsupervised for far too long and it is harder to provide compassionate care”. The Sunday Telegraph also mentions that the RCN wants regulation of health care assistants so that they cannot make up more than 35 per cent of nursing staff on any ward. Howard Catton, RCN head of policy and international was also interviewed live last night on LBC radio discussing the study. The Daily Express also ran an editorial on the study.(p.12)
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More media coverage following on from yesterday’s story in The Guardian on nurses cleaning wards in place of cleaners. The Daily Mirror and The Guardian quote Janet Davies saying: “Nursing staff are already over-stretched and should not be taken away from patient care. Reports of trusts not being able to hire cleaners owing to financial constraints are worrying. We will be seeking an urgent meeting with Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust to discuss this further." The Daily Mirror also carries a leader piece.
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Nurses clean wards as cover for cleaners: The Guardian reports that nurses have been asked to clean wards because there is "not sufficient funding to provide a 24/7 cleaning service" at an indebted hospital. According to board papers posted online last week, nursing staff at Mid Yorkshire Hospitals trust have been forced to clear up in acute and general admission wards in part because at one site "two days a week [cleaners are] not provided" - despite warnings that this would divert them from patient care.
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