Lawmakers, who aim to enhance direct care for nursing home residents, recommend increasing the daily minimum staffing requirements from 3 hours to 3.6 hours. However, a recent analysis by the nonpartisan office of state financial analysis shows that the move comes with a large price tag: $24.2 million, half of which will be taken up by the state through Medicaid payments. “It'll be very difficult to pass this year,” said Sen. D-Meriden, co-chair of the Aging Committee. “Unfortunately… at this point, there's no room for it.” Hochadel continues to defend the measure her committee voted to move forward in March,…
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The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is looking to appoint experts to a new anti-racism subgroup, to support the development and implementation of an anti-racism action plan. The college announced today that it had launched a recruitment campaign for four members to join the new subgroup, which would be accountable to the RCN Group Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee. “We need to actively advance race equity in our organisation” Wendy Irwin The sub-group has been established to provide expert advice and guidance to the committee on the development and implementation of the college’s anti-racism action plan. It comes as the…
Dordt University has announced that it will add a new focus to healthcare management within its Business Administration (Buad) program. Designed to meet the growing demand for professionals who understand both the business side and the healthcare industry, the program helps students acquire essential skills in the business world and receive health leadership training through Dordt's selection courses for nursing programs. This concentration prepares students to manage the day-to-day operations of the healthcare facility, both from a strategic and patient-centered perspective. “In many cases, those who enter the business side of healthcare are not knowledgeable in both areas,” says Dr.…
The NHS Pay Review Body (PRB) has recommended a pay rise of around 3% for nurses and other Agenda for Change staff for this year, according to reports. The Times reported earlier today that the independent review body had put forward a pay offer “closer to 3%” for 2025-26, which was more than the government had budgeted for this year. “The government needs to provide some certainty for staff and patients as a matter of urgency” Jo Galbraith-Marten The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has warned that an award of this level would “do little to turn things around” and…
The Louisiana bill moving through Congress is what critics call the “BobDean Protection Act.” Senate Bill 134 redefines “healthcare” and redefines “healthcare” to cover administrative decisions made by nursing homes. Bob Dean – The owner of the nursing home, which packed hundreds of elderly and disabled residents into the warehouse where several people died, was protected by prosecutors. Not just an accident… something, even worse,” Presley said. “There's nothing to change that in SB 134.” Still, opponents like Coman argue that the bill creates more risks for vulnerable residents. “This encourages management companies to provide even less funding and nursing…
SELMER, Tennessee (April 28, 2025) – West Tennessee Medical Group recently welcomed Sarabergman. Dr. Sarah Bergman will be joining the Primary Care Selmer team providing high quality care services to patients in William Eason, Amanda Nord, PA-C, Amanda Russell, FNP, Ashley Melvin, DNP, Kelly Fowler, NP, Scott Norris, FNP, and West Tennessee. Dr. Bergman completed his undergraduate studies from Sacred Heart University and earned a medical degree from William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine. She also completed her residency training at North Mississippi Medical Center.”I look forward to working and serving in communities across West Tennessee. I'm excited to…
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CARLTON, Minnesota (Northern News Now) – Part of Governor Waltz's proposal budget will result in significant cuts in funding for nursing home facilities, including Carlton's interfaith care centers.The facility will incur a loss of $2.3 million over the next four years.Minnesota nursing facilities will reimburse care costs, including the supply and pay of nursing staff who care for seniors.”It's not like the governor cuts senior funds for those people, that's not fair,” said Tara Adkins, the administrator of the interface.Adkins said the 2% increase in the rate for governor Waltz on these costs would not be able to provide competitive…
It sounds like a modern take on a dystopian doctoral thesis: studying the physical and psychological effects of rapid, repeated and unexplained downgrading of key infrastructure on the lives of those responsible for maintaining it and those whose lives depend on it.But for the Pennsylvanians in the health and research space experiencing the real-time effects of Trump 2.0, they’re feeling less like lab rats and more like deer in headlights. Since President Donald Trump took office in January, the Department of Government Efficiency, headed by Republican megadonor Elon Musk, has indiscriminately fired more than 120,000 workers while downsizing and dismantling federal…
Midwives are “sick of admiring the problem” in maternity and, instead, want to see continued action to improve the system in which they are working, a top representative of the profession has said. Gill Walton, chief midwife, chief executive and general secretary of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM), told Nursing Times about the biggest challenges facing the midwifery workforce, and where and how she would like things to change most. “We’re good at admiring the problem but, actually, we really want solutions” Gill Walton Ms Walton, who has led the RCM since 2017, aired frustration and hope about the…