Jul182017

60th NWRA Safety Conference and Exhibition – Accident Investigation – 19 Sept 2017, Preston

HSE

Date and location

Tuesday 13 September 2016
NEW VENUE: Garstang Country Hotel and Golf Club, off Preston Lancaster New Road, PR3 1YE

Event overview

Conference targeting Occupational Health Issues with the aim of reminding delegates not to lose sight of the basic fundamentals of Health & Safety

Subjects covered will be Accident Investigation, Competency & Training, Stress, Slips, Trips & Falls, Work Equipment, Risk Assessments, Electrical Testing, Face Fit Testing of RPE and Security

A mini exhibition will be run in conjunction with the Conference attended by leading suppliers to the industry.

Who should attend?

Anyone involved in Occupational Health and Safety that is keen to learn/be reminded about the basics and for small companies to learn about the essentials of good practice

Further information and booking

Full programme and booking details and are available to download on the NWRA website or by email to Cathy Nixon or tel: 0161 485 8102.

Jul182017

China reports progress in health care reform

East Asia

China expanded the number of cities piloting health care reform to 200 in 2016, according to a new report.

More than 2,300 public hospitals nationwide participated in health care reform last year, according to a report issued by the health care reform leading group under the State Council on Tuesday.

The report states that 92.6% of prefectural cities have adjusted the price of medical services, and drug expenses as a percentage of outpatient and hospitalization fees have dropped compared to 2015.

Currently, 1.34 billion Chinese people are enrolled in various public medical insurance systems, accounting for up to 98.8% of the population.

In addition, the country has more than 440,000 non-public medical institutions and nearly 20,000 licensed doctors practicing at multiple sites, says the report.

Jul182017

NHS agency nurse spending rises six-fold

Scottish Labour

New figures have revealed NHS spending on agency nurses in Scotland has risen six-fold in just five years.

In 2010/11, health boards spent a total of just under £4million on agency nurses – but that number sky-rocketed to more than £24million by 2016/17.

Yet in the same period, the number of nursing and midwifery posts being unfilled increased from 550 to almost 3,000.

These figures show the price of Nicola Sturgeon’s decision to slash training places for nurses when she was Health Secretary and the price of a decade of mismanagement of our NHS by the SNP.

A six-fold increase in spending on agency nurses should be a wake-up call for the SNP.

Nicola Sturgeon's cuts are leaving our NHS staff over-worked, under-resourced and under-pressure.

Nicola Sturgeon needs to get back to the day job of fixing the mess she has made of our NHS.

Our NHS staff and patients in Scotland deserve better. 

Labour would do things differently.

We would massively increase the money available to be spent on our health service.

We would end the increasing privitisation of our NHS from the SNP.

Only Labour can create a health service as it was originally intended to be – for the many, not the few.