Edd Church
Senior Reporter at Nursing Times
Senior reporter at @NursingTimes Prev @DorsetLive_ and @CornwallLive | Bylines @EachOtherUK, @JournoResources, @OpenDemocracy etc | #CardiffTrained
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1 week ago |
nursingtimes.net | Edd Church
A hospital worker sentenced to life for attempted murder after he attacked a stranger with a needle filled with muscle relaxant was not a nurse, despite being labelled as one, Nursing Times can reveal. Nursing campaigners have said that the misidentification of 58-year-old Darren Harris as a nurse by police, prosecutors and national media is an example of why the 'nurse' title must be protected in law.
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1 week ago |
nursingtimes.net | Edd Church
Changes to the way apprenticeships are funded could make it harder for nurses to move up the career ladder, universities have warned. The University Vocational Awards Council (UVAC) this week published a survey of 52 university members on plans by the UK Government to overhaul apprenticeships.
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2 weeks ago |
nursingtimes.net | Edd Church
A former clinical support worker has been sentenced to life in prison for a terror plot against an NHS hospital and an RAF base in Yorkshire. Mohammad Sohail Farooq, 29 and from Leeds, was given a minimum of 37 years behind bars after planning to bomb the city’s St James’ Hospital, and RAF Menwith Hill near Harrogate.
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2 weeks ago |
nursingtimes.net | Edd Church
A national children’s palliative care charity has called on the UK Government to reform the way care for children with life-limiting conditions is funded, warning that the current regime is unsustainable. Families are feeling “abandoned” and “overwhelmed” as demand for children’s palliative care rises, and deficits increase for providers, Together for Short Lives said in its new report, titled Built to Last? The State of Children’s Palliative Care in 2025.
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2 weeks ago |
nursingtimes.net | Edd Church
University staff at Cardiff University are set to strike next month over deep cuts to courses and educator numbers. The University and College Union (UCU) announced, after an earlier successful ballot of members, that a full strike will take place on 1 May, with a further seven days of action across the summer unless the university leadership promises to not make any compulsory redundancies.
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RT @DawnButlerBrent: No time for 2nd Reading today, but my Nurse (Use of Title) Bill isn't going anywhere! It'll be read at a later date &…
RT @EddChurch: An article a long time in the works. I spoke to nursing experts including MPs, academics and a former RCN ethics advisor - a…
England's top nurse for digitisation and tech, Helen Balsdon, told me on Monday that she remained optimistic about the future of her work, despite the news of NHS England's impending dissolution. Full story: https://t.co/gH1Yi5crlw