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| Wednesday, 28 September 2005 08:56 | | BNN: British Nursing News Online · www.bnn-online.co.uk |
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Under a change in the law which is to be announced today by Ruth Kelly, the Education Secretary, state and private schools will have to stock healthy food and drinks in vending machines.
Sweets, chocolates and fizzy drinks will not be available anywhere in schools in the drive to end the "scandal" of children on junk food diets.
In her speech to the Labour party conference, the education secretary is expected to promote the need for children to have a healthy diet at school.
She will say: "I am absolutely clear that the scandal of junk food served every day in school canteens must end”.
"So today I can announce that we will ban poor quality processed bangers and burgers being served in schools from next September.
"And because children need healthy options throughout the school day I can also announce that from next September no school will be able to have vending machines selling crisps, chocolates, or sugary fizzy drinks”.
Plans to raise the standard of school food will not benefit pupils in local authorities where there is no school meals service.
Joe Harvey, the director of the Health Education Trust, which has advised the Government on healthy eating in schools, said it was time for schools to abandon their reliance on the quick fix of junk food.
On BBC Radio Five Live, he said: "Why is it that head teachers and governing bodies have been prepared to accept really quite high levels of profit from food and drink that they know very well is not good for the children that they're responsible for?
"They're not there to make a profit for the confectionary and soft drink industry. They're there to care for children”.
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| Friday, 23 September 2005 09:43 | | BNN: British Nursing News Online · www.bnn-online.co.uk |
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The British Medical Association has called on English medical schools to use the extra funds available from top-up fees to widen access to the profession after new figures revealed that the proportion of medical students from state schools is far lower than the national average.
Figures published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency today show that little over two thirds (67.3 per cent) of UK entrants to degrees in medicine, dentistry and veterinary science in 2003 came from state schools. This is lower than the proportion on any other group of courses, and contrasts with the average of 86.8 per cent for all subjects.
The BMA Medical Students Committee’s new manifesto for undergraduate medical education, Medicine in the 21st Century, published today argues that medical schools, which are all expected to charge students in England the full £3000 a year to study medicine, should invest the extra money to improve the quality of teaching and resources, and on outreach schemes to encourage applications from students who might not traditionally consider a career in medicine.
Commenting on Medicine in the 21st Century, Kirsty Lloyd, chair of the BMA’s Medical Students committee, said: “The domination of the medical profession by the highest socioeconomic groups has to be tackled.
“The debt burden on medical students in the UK is going to discourage those from the poorest backgrounds from becoming doctors, and there’s a risk that the good work the government has done to widen access could be undone.
“Government policies on access to medical school must be fair and equitable, and must encourage diversity.”
Medicine in the 21st Century also calls for:
· NHS bursaries – currently available to medical students in their fifth and sixth years – to be extended to all years
· Tuition fee bursary schemes to be available to mature and graduate medical students
· Medical schools to audit their selection procedures to ensure no discrimination is taking place
The report was authored by Jonathan Beavers, a medical student at the University of Edinburgh, Leigh Bissett at the University of East Anglia, David Burke at the University of Nottingham, and Emily Rigby at the University of Bristol.
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| Tuesday, 20 September 2005 11:16 | | BNN: British Nursing News Online · www.bnn-online.co.uk |
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The Scottish Executive has granted an emergency payment of £4.5 million to train 30 student dentists after a Scottish dental school became oversubscribed.
Dundee University had began offering students £2,000 bursaries to delay their training after granting course places to too many undergraduate last month. Four accepted the offer but the course remained oversubscribed by 30 places.
Yesterday, deputy health minister, Lewis MacDonald, revealed the Executive would subsidise the university with a £4.5 million package to allow the extra students to be trained this year.
Mr Macdonald said: "I am pleased to announce that the Scottish Executive has agreed to put into place a one-off emergency funding package of £4.5 million to support the clinical costs of these students' education, including one-year NHS vocational training after graduation."
"My priority is to ensure not only that these students can benefit from the highest quality education and training available, but also that the NHS and NHS patients benefit in the long term from this additional investment.
"I am particularly pleased that the majority of students taking up dental training places at Dundee this year are from Scotland and therefore statistically far more likely to remain within Scotland after graduation."
Sir Alan Langlands, the university’s principal, who was heavily involved in the negotiations, said: "The university is committed to maintaining the high standards of teaching and training offered at the dental school.
"The Executive's announcement ensures the support is there for the clinical training of these dentists. The university is committed to ensuring the teaching needs are also met."
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| Friday, 16 September 2005 09:28 | | BNN: British Nursing News Online · www.bnn-online.co.uk |
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Students across Scotland are being urged to protect themselves against mumps, as health leaders admitted the number of cases are now "disturbingly high".
NHS bosses suggest that freshers should register with a GP as soon as possible and get the MMR immunisation injection.
Public health consultant Dr Syed Ahmed said: "Cases of mumps are at such disturbingly high levels here in Glasgow just now, and students are the most at risk. It's vital you get the MMR and so, for this and for other reasons, you must register with a local GP”.
Dr Ahmed explained: "I remember from my own university days that students are often living cheek by jowl, and this can mean that once one person catches an illness, it can spread pretty easily. We're seeing this happen with mumps among young people right now”.
He went on: "Mumps is usually a mild to moderate illness but it can be unpleasant and in rare occasions it can lead to serious complications. I would advise anyone who hasn't had two doses of MMR to go immediately to their GP and get immunised”.
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| Wednesday, 14 September 2005 12:21 | | BNN: British Nursing News Online · www.bnn-online.co.uk |
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The Royal College of Nursing claim that nurses across Scotland fear that understaffing is affecting patient safety.
Jane McCready, chairman of the Royal College of Nursing Scotland board, told a meeting in Glasgow that the Scottish Executive was not adequately expanding the workforce to meet patient needs.
Figures from the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) show 274 fewer nurses registered to work in Scotland than in 1990 in contrast with an increase in England and Wales.
Jane McCready said:"These figures clearly show that Scotland has still not recovered from the nurse recruitment crisis of the early 1990s and this is just not acceptable.
"This figure compares poorly with England and Wales, both of which are experiencing an increase in new nurses”.
The RCN also highlighted that only 215 more nurses were now working in Scotland compared with 2001 - up from 64,700.
Jane McCready added: "At a time when workload is increasing and the roles taken on by nurses are expanding, an extra 215 nurses is simply not enough to meet patients' needs.
"What's more, these figures come only a few weeks after the Scottish Executive decided to cut the number of student nurses from 3955 to 3500."
But the Executive said nurse numbers were at an all-time high.
A spokesman said: "We are not complacent. Measures are in place to ensure we can recruit and retain even more staff for Scotland's health service. And we have not cut student nurse recruiting.
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| Tuesday, 13 September 2005 13:04 | | BNN: British Nursing News Online · www.bnn-online.co.uk |
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The number of student nurses facing debts of at least £10,000 will double next year compared with two years ago and more than half of the students have considered dropping out because of financial hardship, a survey by the Nursing Times and the union Unison has revealed.
In the study they found that in 2003 just six per cent had debts of £10,000 or more, a figure set to rise to 13 per cent in 2005.
The survey revealed two thirds of students did extra paid work to supplement their income, with 54% working at least 11 hours a week mostly as healthcare assistants as a way of boosting their £6,000-a-year bursaries.
In total, 97% finished their courses with debts.
Rachel Downey, the editor of Nursing Times, said: "It is time for the Government to take action to alleviate student poverty. The current bursary needs to be increased.
"Nursing students are running up heavy debts, which they will struggle to pay off once they are qualified. If ministers fail to address this, they are in danger of significantly reducing the size of the future nursing workforce”.
Gill Robertson, student nurse adviser at the Royal College of Nursing, said: "Many student nurses are leaving before they qualify as a result of the financial problems they face during training”.
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| Sunday, 11 September 2005 10:27 | | BNN: British Nursing News Online · www.bnn-online.co.uk |
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A Sunday Times investigation has found that National Health Service doctors are taking cash in return for documents that enable foreign medics and students to come to Britain and work in the black economy.
The doctors are selling sponsorship letters for up to £100 each, the letters are vital in convincing the Foreign Office to grant visitor visas in the belief that the students have enrolled on full-time study courses in Britain.
The immigration loophole is a by-product of the Government’s drive to encourage foreign health workers to come to Britain to fill shortages in the NHS. There are about 7,500 foreign medical students a year entering the UK to take the courses, compared with an annual 1,000 five years ago.
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| Saturday, 10 September 2005 12:03 | | BNN: British Nursing News Online · www.bnn-online.co.uk |
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Research by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy has found that the number of people suffering repetitive strain injuries in the workplace is increasing.
Around 450,000 UK workers have upper limb disorders, with the average sufferer taking an average of 18 days sick leave. Between 2003 and 2004, some 4.7 million work days were lost to RSI.
Researchers found that the number of people with RSI has gone up by 52,000 over the past three years, with the biggest increases among communications, transport and education employees.
The CSP said that taking regular breaks and reporting symptoms early were vital.
"Employers can make a big difference to the health of their workers, while at the same time improving the productivity and profits of their business" said spokeswoman Jacqui Smith.
"Pain or discomfort caused by upper limb disorders can lead to more sick days and low motivation".
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| Wednesday, 07 September 2005 11:16 | | BNN: British Nursing News Online · www.bnn-online.co.uk |
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Scotland’s first minister Jack McConnell yesterday announced plans by Scottish ministers to ban the promotion of fizzy drinks in school vending machines and implement legal standards to regulate the salt, fat and sugar content of school meals.
The Executive has already spent £60m promoting the “Hungry for Success” programme in the country’s schools, which gives guidelines to education authorities on the content of schools meals.
However, speaking at the launch of his legislative programme for the coming 20 months, Mr McConnell said he wanted the Nutrition in Schools (Scotland) Bill to enshrine the standards in statute.
Many schools have already volunteered to replace fizzy drinks vending machines with water dispensers.
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| Monday, 05 September 2005 10:23 | | BNN: British Nursing News Online · www.bnn-online.co.uk |
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The British Medical Association has said the government would be guilty of double standards if it pressed ahead with plans to exempt pubs that serve food from the proposed smoking ban.
Health officials said the partial ban would be complimented by other government actions. The £5m television and radio campaign was designed to show people that they were often most at risk in the places they felt safest.
Public Health Minister Caroline Flint said: "It is clear that both smokers and non-smokers don't appreciate the full dangers of second-hand smoke."
But Dr Vivienne Nathanson, head of science and ethics at the BMA, said: "If the government is aware of the hazards, how can it defend only a partial ban on smoking in public places?
“While the new campaign highlights the individual smoker’s responsibility, it is inexcusable for the Government to absolve itself of its own responsibility for its half-hearted stance on protecting vulnerable workers.
“Education campaigns are vital for alerting people to the true dangers of smoking and passive smoking – particularly when pro-smoking groups like Forest promote messages that fly in the face of overwhelming evidence.
“But education campaigns must be backed up with policy. The Government is the guardian of the public’s health - actions speak louder than words.”
The BMA statement comes as a survey by Cancer Research UK suggests that many pubs will stop serving food to escape the ban. It is thought that the number of these pubs could rise from 29 per cent to 40 per cent.
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