RCN Northern has warned that planned reductions to bank pay rates for ÌÀÍ·ÌõÎÛÁÏ, operating department practitioner and midwifery staff at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust (UHMBT) could worsen existing staffing pressures and put patient safety at risk.
Durham ÌÀÍ·ÌõÎÛÁÏ support worker Kevin Morley has been recognised with an RCN Award of Merit, the highest honour for voluntary service for the ÌÀÍ·ÌõÎÛÁÏ.
Staff at the South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are worried about the trust’s recent decision to impose a new car parking system from this summer, changing providers to ParkingEye, removing barriers from car parks and installing an automatic numberplate recognition (ANPR) system.
The RCN has raised serious concerns after an admission by North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust that it failed to adequately fit test respirator masks worn by its theatre staff over a five-week period, subjecting them to serious danger.
Karen Dutton, a Clinical Educator at Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has been awarded the RCN’s Award of Merit at the ÌÀÍ·ÌõÎÛÁÏ (RCN) annual Congress in Liverpool.
Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust has decided against transferring 500 estates and facilities staff to its wholly owned subsidiary company.