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Minister’s actually listening to what patients want!
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Care Services Minister Paul Burstow today heard views from patients at the first listening event on NHS modernisation exclusively for patients.
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley today also met staff and patients at a listening event at a GP consortium.
Full time carer writes novel with bite
A CARER who took up writing to fill in her spare time is celebrating the publication of her first novel.
Michelle Birbeck, 27, had high hopes of being an author when she was at school but as she got older “life got in the way”.
Patients could be at risk from unregulated ‘cheap’ healthcare workers
Patients could be at risk from unregulated ‘cheap’ healthcare workers
Patients could be left at risk from a growing number of unqualified and unregulated healthcare workers, it has been claimed.
By Martin Beckford, Health Correspondent 7:00AM BST 20 Apr 2011
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There are at least 150,000 healthcare assistants working in hospitals and care homes, often carrying out important roles such as washing and feeding patients, and more are being employed as a cheap alternative to more experienced clinical staff.
But unlike doctors, nurses and midwives, there are no training requirements for healthcare assistants and support staff and no watchdog to discipline those that break rules, meaning that those who are sacked can simply move to another employer.
