http://www.nursingtimes.net/RSS/Acute_sector_nurses_Breaking_News_RSS_Feed.xml en-uk Nurses are being asked to tell their experience of working in the NHS to the annual staff survey. http://www.nursingtimes.net:80/news/breakingnews/2008/10/watchdog_calls_for_nurses_view_of_the_nhs.html;jsessionid=341C6ADF75053A198981CBEA0DE300CA http://www.nursingtimes.net:80/news/breakingnews/2008/10/watchdog_calls_for_nurses_view_of_the_nhs.html;jsessionid=341C6ADF75053A198981CBEA0DE300CA Louise Tweddell 07 October 2008 11:04 http://www.nursingtimes.net:80/images/Nurse%20and%20docs_resized_70_tcm20-1570464.jpg The Welsh Assembly Government has dismissed claims it is running out of cash to fund free prescriptions as ‘absolute nonsense.’ http://www.nursingtimes.net:80/news/breakingnews/2008/10/wales_denies_free_prescription_claims.html;jsessionid=341C6ADF75053A198981CBEA0DE300CA http://www.nursingtimes.net:80/news/breakingnews/2008/10/wales_denies_free_prescription_claims.html;jsessionid=341C6ADF75053A198981CBEA0DE300CA Louise Tweddell 06 October 2008 11:09 http://www.nursingtimes.net:80/images/pills_resized_70_tcm20-210743.jpg Many NHS trusts must improve the handling of their finances, according to a new report published by the Audit Commission. http://www.nursingtimes.net:80/news/breakingnews/2008/10/nhs_trusts_urged_to_improve_financial_performance.html;jsessionid=341C6ADF75053A198981CBEA0DE300CA http://www.nursingtimes.net:80/news/breakingnews/2008/10/nhs_trusts_urged_to_improve_financial_performance.html;jsessionid=341C6ADF75053A198981CBEA0DE300CA Helen Mooney 03 October 2008 09:56 http://www.nursingtimes.net:80/images/Money%20closeup_resized_70_tcm20-1212357.jpg Unions have raised ‘serious concerns’ about a scheme to protect vulnerable adults that begins in a years’ time. http://www.nursingtimes.net:80/news/breakingnews/2008/10/unions_raise_concerns_about_vetting_scheme.html;jsessionid=341C6ADF75053A198981CBEA0DE300CA http://www.nursingtimes.net:80/news/breakingnews/2008/10/unions_raise_concerns_about_vetting_scheme.html;jsessionid=341C6ADF75053A198981CBEA0DE300CA Richard Staines 02 October 2008 17:25 http://www.nursingtimes.net:80/images/104715_girl_3_resized_70_tcm20-892233.jpg Nurses are to be balloted to take industrial action against the government’s multi-year pay deal. http://www.nursingtimes.net:80/news/breakingnews/2008/10/nurses_to_be_balloted_on_strike_action.html;jsessionid=341C6ADF75053A198981CBEA0DE300CA http://www.nursingtimes.net:80/news/breakingnews/2008/10/nurses_to_be_balloted_on_strike_action.html;jsessionid=341C6ADF75053A198981CBEA0DE300CA Louise Tweddell 01 October 2008 13:03 http://www.nursingtimes.net:80/images/hospital%20trolleys%20hallway_resized_70_tcm20-1827984.jpg More than a quarter of films about nurses portray them as sex objects, which could lead to misrepresentation of the profession, a study has shown. http://www.nursingtimes.net:80/news/breakingnews/2008/10/films_portray_nurses_as_sex_objects.html;jsessionid=341C6ADF75053A198981CBEA0DE300CA http://www.nursingtimes.net:80/news/breakingnews/2008/10/films_portray_nurses_as_sex_objects.html;jsessionid=341C6ADF75053A198981CBEA0DE300CA Richard Staines 01 October 2008 11:56 http://www.nursingtimes.net:80/images/stressed_nurse_resized_70_tcm20-213791.jpg The Conservatives have pledged to scrap mixed-sex wards and allow nurses more time with patients, should they win the next general election. http://www.nursingtimes.net:80/news/breakingnews/2008/09/conservatives_pledge_to_abolish_mixedsex_wards.html;jsessionid=341C6ADF75053A198981CBEA0DE300CA http://www.nursingtimes.net:80/news/breakingnews/2008/09/conservatives_pledge_to_abolish_mixedsex_wards.html;jsessionid=341C6ADF75053A198981CBEA0DE300CA Tom Downey 30 September 2008 11:13 http://www.nursingtimes.net:80/images/Hospital%20bed%20blue_resized_70_tcm20-1332432.jpg Nurses helped to evacuate patients during a blaze at  London's Great Ormond Street Hospital, this morning. http://www.nursingtimes.net:80/news/2008/09/nurses_evacuate_children_in_hospital_fire.html;jsessionid=341C6ADF75053A198981CBEA0DE300CA http://www.nursingtimes.net:80/news/2008/09/nurses_evacuate_children_in_hospital_fire.html;jsessionid=341C6ADF75053A198981CBEA0DE300CA Louise Tweddell 29 September 2008 11:59 Prescription charges will be abolished in Northern Ireland by April 2010. http://www.nursingtimes.net:80/news/breakingnews/2008/09/prescription_charges_to_be_scrapped_in_northern_ireland.html;jsessionid=341C6ADF75053A198981CBEA0DE300CA http://www.nursingtimes.net:80/news/breakingnews/2008/09/prescription_charges_to_be_scrapped_in_northern_ireland.html;jsessionid=341C6ADF75053A198981CBEA0DE300CA Louise Tweddell 29 September 2008 10:51 http://www.nursingtimes.net:80/images/WebReadyiStock_410314_resized_70_tcm20-460461.jpg UK environmental regulators have launched an on-line resource to help healthcare professionals, including nurses, recognise their green obligations. http://www.nursingtimes.net:80/news/breakingnews/2008/09/website_helps_nurses_go_green.html;jsessionid=341C6ADF75053A198981CBEA0DE300CA http://www.nursingtimes.net:80/news/breakingnews/2008/09/website_helps_nurses_go_green.html;jsessionid=341C6ADF75053A198981CBEA0DE300CA Tom Downey 26 September 2008 11:15 http://www.nursingtimes.net:80/images/thermometer_resized_70_tcm20-686165.jpg