http://www.nursingtimes.net http://www.nursingtimes.net http://www.nursingtimes.net/magazine/graphics/logo.png http://www.nursingtimes.net http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/management/new-chief-nurse-at-medway-trust/5058949.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/management/new-chief-nurse-at-medway-trust/5058949.article Medway Foundation Trust has appointed a new chief nurse. steve.ford@emap.com (Steve Ford) Thu, 23 May 2013 00:50 GMT http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/management/exclusive-nhs-chief-exec-david-nicholson-to-retire-next-march/5058960.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/management/exclusive-nhs-chief-exec-david-nicholson-to-retire-next-march/5058960.article Sir David Nicholson will retire in March next year from his post as NHS England chief executive. dave.west@emap.com (Dave West) Tue, 21 May 2013 15:16 GMT http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/management/hospitals-dangerously-full-claims-labour/5058913.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/management/hospitals-dangerously-full-claims-labour/5058913.article Hospitals are “dangerously close to full”, Labour has warned after it emerged that the number of hospital beds available to patients in England has shrunk by almost 6% since the coalition government took office. Tue, 21 May 2013 10:13 GMT http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/management/former-nurse-to-leave-chief-exec-job-after-safe-surgery-row/5058864.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/management/former-nurse-to-leave-chief-exec-job-after-safe-surgery-row/5058864.article An NHS trust at the centre of a row over children’s heart surgery is to replace its chief executive, it has been announced. Mon, 20 May 2013 10:50 GMT http://www.nursingtimes.net/hospitals-not-ready-for-dementia-warns-top-specialist-nurse/5058860.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nursingtimes.net/hospitals-not-ready-for-dementia-warns-top-specialist-nurse/5058860.article Many hospitals are ill-equipped for patients with dementia when they are admitted with a medical problem, a leading nurse has claimed. Mon, 20 May 2013 10:07 GMT http://www.nursingtimes.net/home/clinical-zones/midwifery-and-neonatal-nursing/first-baby-due-in-new-ivf-technique/5058858.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nursingtimes.net/home/clinical-zones/midwifery-and-neonatal-nursing/first-baby-due-in-new-ivf-technique/5058858.article The first baby to be conceived using a breakthrough IVF technique will be born in Scotland next month, a clinic has said. Mon, 20 May 2013 10:02 GMT http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/management/third-nhs-employer-signs-up-in-support-of-speak-out-safely-campaign/5058793.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/management/third-nhs-employer-signs-up-in-support-of-speak-out-safely-campaign/5058793.article Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals Foundation Trust has become the third NHS employer to publicly pledge its commitment to the principles underpinning our Speak Out Safely campaign. steve.ford@emap.com (Steve Ford) Mon, 20 May 2013 00:01 GMT http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/management/nmc-council-members-swept-away-in-overhaul/5058765.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/management/nmc-council-members-swept-away-in-overhaul/5058765.article Almost all the nursing regulator’s council members have been replaced in a complete overhaul designed to improve how the Nursing and Midwifery Council operates. sarah.calkin@emap.com (Sarah Calkin) Fri, 17 May 2013 09:31 GMT http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/accident-and-emergency/annual-rise-in-ae-patient-numbers-tops-million-mark/5058725.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/accident-and-emergency/annual-rise-in-ae-patient-numbers-tops-million-mark/5058725.article The number of patients who attended accident and emergency wards has increased by more than a million in just one year, figures suggest. Thu, 16 May 2013 09:49 GMT http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/cancer/estimated-10000-cancer-patients-given-wrong-drugs/5058723.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/cancer/estimated-10000-cancer-patients-given-wrong-drugs/5058723.article An estimated 10,000 cancer patients a year are given the wrong drugs in hospital, according to new research commissioned by Macmillan Cancer Support. Thu, 16 May 2013 09:44 GMT