NHS job for reiki healer 'encourages quack science' Dementia - United Kingdom National Health Service - Medicine.
An NHS hospital has been criticised for “endorsing quackery” by trying to hire a spiritual healer to treat cancer patients.Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust has posted a job vacancy for a “spiritual healer/reiki therapist” on a salary of ...
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Rail travellers face fresh travel misery today as drivers strike over pay dispute Strike action - Scotland - Wage - United Kingdom National Health Service.
Members of Aslef at nine train companies will walk out for 24 hours, crippling large parts of the network, with some parts of the country having no services.
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Data privacy fears as GPs are sharing patient records on Word documents via email following cyber attack - and they ... United Kingdom National Health Service - Computer security - Ransomware.
Advanced, a major IT provider to the health service, spotted a ransomware attack against NHS England last Thursday.
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Painkillers: Doctors asked to ration pain relief for women in childbirth Pain management - Childbirth - Analgesic - United Kingdom National Health Service.
Medications affected include supplies of epidural kits and the painkiller remifentanil; such is the pressure some hospitals are under that some pregnant women are not offered the choice of whether to have the pain relief. As a ...
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NHS issues warning to pregnant women over shortage of pain relief Pain management - Childbirth - United Kingdom National Health Service.
That problem has been compounded by shortages of the drug Remifentanil, a short-acting opioid. “These shortages are worrying for clinicians across the country providing obstetric anaesthesia," said an NHS worker. " ...
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Nurse leaders react to health secretary's plans for 'increased' overseas recruitment United Kingdom National Health Service - Steve Barclay - Secretary of State for Health and Social Care of the United Kingdom - United Kingdom.
The new health and social care secretary has announced plans to “significantly increase” overseas recruitment of health workers, but nursing leaders have.
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