Topic: Nurse
+Anonymous A — 5 months ago #68,024
Hospital pay stoush could get disorderly Brad Crouch
Hospital orderlies seeking pay rises are taking a leaf out of ambulance protests by daubing protest graffiti on SA Health property.
The patient services officers now taking industrial action have started writing protest signs on emergency department doors at Flinders Medical Centre (FMC) - as paramedics did on ambulances in the lead-up to the 2022 state election - amid claims they are so over-worked and underpaid it is affecting patient care.
United Workers Union is in negotiations with the government over a new pay deal and is understood to be unimpressed by an offer of 4 per cent followed by 3 per cent, then 3 per cent again, over three years.
A senior full-time level 2 health support worker is paid $56,940 annually, compared with about $66,000 in Queensland. A union spokesman said the wage offer did not address inflation that hit 7.8 per cent under the last agreement.
"The offer leaves low-paid workers falling even further behind as they face a continuing cost-of-living crisis," he said.
The union claims the staffing situation at FMC "has reached crisis levels affecting patient care", with slower room turnover and backlogs of patients waiting to be moved. It says attendants are working double shifts, missing breaks and suffering poor morale.
Anthony May, an attendant in the FMC's ED for 16 years, said: "This is the worst it's ever been. We were three people short on Monday then two called in sick so we were five short. That's half the team."
The government said it remained committed to good faith negotiations.
+Anonymous B — 4 months ago, 1 week later[T] [B] #674,164
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Set in Dubai Hills Mall, American Hospital Dubai's Clinic offers its residents world-class healthcare services and international standard medical expertise for every member of the family. It's expert team of nurse handles each case with care and aim to provide patients with treatment that ensures effective and sustained healing American Hospital Dubai's years-long quality of medical excellence is replicated at the Dubai Hill Clinic and patients have access to a full range of primary and specialty care services, and diagnostics that are available at the main campus Their medical staff as well as the hospital have complete access to every up-to-date information that is needed for a patient's treatment and electronic medical records are shared between them securely and seamlessly The clinic offers patients with multi-specialty healthcare in a wide range of disciplines that include primary care, obstetrics, dermatology, pediatrics, mental health, and physiotherapy, as well as diagnostics facilities for ultrasounds and x-rays. The nurses at the Dubai Hills clinic is guided by the American Hospital's vision of providing excellent healthcare to all the patients.
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Inside Tech
Artificial intelligence (AI) to help slash NHS hospital discharge delays, officials announce
Storm Newton
Technology is being piloted to help free up NHS hospital beds which are occupied by people fit to be sent home, officials have announced. The platform uses artificial intelligence (AI) to help complete the documents needed to discharge patients, potentially saving hours of delays.
The move will allow doctors to spend less time on paperwork and more time focused on care, cutting waiting times in the process, according to Health Secretary Wes Streeting.
The technology, which is being piloted at Chelsea and Westminster NHS Trust, extracts information from medical records, including diagnoses and test results.
This helps medics to draft discharge summaries, which have to be completed before a person is sent home from hospital.
The document is then reviewed by healthcare professionals responsible for the patient and used to send them home or refer them to other services.
The tool will be hosted on the NHS Federated Data Platform (FDP), a shared software system aiming to make it easier for health and care organisations to work together and provide better services to patients.
The current manual system can sometimes leave patients waiting for hours to be discharged, as doctors may be too busy to fill in forms, according to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.
Mr Streeting said: "This potentially transformational discharge tool is a prime example of how we're shifting from analogue to digital as part of our 10-year health plan. "We're using cutting-edge technology to build an NHS fit for the future and tackle the hospital backlogs that have left too many people waiting too long. Doctors will spend less time on paperwork and more time with patients. getting people home to their families faster and freeing up beds for those who need them most."
The Al tool for discharge summaries is one of a number of projects to be backed by the PM.
In January. he said Al will be used to "turn around the economy and public services.
Elsewhere, the Government has announced that technology shown to halve the time probation officers spend organising notes will be given to all 12.000 officers later this year.
The system helps to transcribe and take notes from meetings that officers have with offenders after they leave prison.
Technology Secretary Peter Kyle said: "This is exactly the kind of change we need, Al being used to give doctors, probation officers and other key workers more time to focus on delivering better outcomes and speeding up vital services.
"This Government inherited a public sector decimated by years of underinvestment and is crying out for reform. These Al exemplars show the best ways in which we're using tech to build a smarter, more efficient state.
"When we get this right across Government, we're talking about unlocking £45bn in productivity gains, delivering our plan for change and investing in growth, not bureaucracy."
Artificial intelligence (AI) to help slash NHS hospital discharge delays, officials announce
Storm Newton
Technology is being piloted to help free up NHS hospital beds which are occupied by people fit to be sent home, officials have announced. The platform uses artificial intelligence (AI) to help complete the documents needed to discharge patients, potentially saving hours of delays.
The move will allow doctors to spend less time on paperwork and more time focused on care, cutting waiting times in the process, according to Health Secretary Wes Streeting.
The technology, which is being piloted at Chelsea and Westminster NHS Trust, extracts information from medical records, including diagnoses and test results.
This helps medics to draft discharge summaries, which have to be completed before a person is sent home from hospital.
The document is then reviewed by healthcare professionals responsible for the patient and used to send them home or refer them to other services.
The tool will be hosted on the NHS Federated Data Platform (FDP), a shared software system aiming to make it easier for health and care organisations to work together and provide better services to patients.
The current manual system can sometimes leave patients waiting for hours to be discharged, as doctors may be too busy to fill in forms, according to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.
Mr Streeting said: "This potentially transformational discharge tool is a prime example of how we're shifting from analogue to digital as part of our 10-year health plan. "We're using cutting-edge technology to build an NHS fit for the future and tackle the hospital backlogs that have left too many people waiting too long. Doctors will spend less time on paperwork and more time with patients. getting people home to their families faster and freeing up beds for those who need them most."
The Al tool for discharge summaries is one of a number of projects to be backed by the PM.
In January. he said Al will be used to "turn around the economy and public services.
Elsewhere, the Government has announced that technology shown to halve the time probation officers spend organising notes will be given to all 12.000 officers later this year.
The system helps to transcribe and take notes from meetings that officers have with offenders after they leave prison.
Technology Secretary Peter Kyle said: "This is exactly the kind of change we need, Al being used to give doctors, probation officers and other key workers more time to focus on delivering better outcomes and speeding up vital services.
"This Government inherited a public sector decimated by years of underinvestment and is crying out for reform. These Al exemplars show the best ways in which we're using tech to build a smarter, more efficient state.
"When we get this right across Government, we're talking about unlocking £45bn in productivity gains, delivering our plan for change and investing in growth, not bureaucracy."