Steven BrocklehurstBBC Scotland PA Media Nurse Sandie Peggie, pictured after the tribunal judgement, has worked for the NHS for 30 years A nurse who objected to sharing a female changing room with a transgender doctor has won a claim for harassment against NHS Fife but other allegations of discrimination and victimisation were dismissed. Sandie Peggie … Read more
Getty Images A palliative care nurse in Germany has been sentenced to life in prison after he was convicted of the murder of 10 patients and the attempted murder of 27 others. Prosecutors alleged that the man, who has not been publicly named, injected his mostly elderly patients with painkillers or sedatives in an effort … Read more
Family handout Tommy died when he was seven months old The night a baby died with an undiagnosed heart condition in a Kent hospital was “quite chaotic”, a court has been told. Head nurse Ronald Carrido was giving evidence at an inquest into the death of seven month-old Tommy Kneebone on 21 January, 2023, at … Read more
New Delhi: As artificial intelligence tightens its grip on nearly every industry, a quiet but profound truth is emerging: it may be the most emotionally intelligent among us—not the most highly qualified—who survive the next wave of automation. While corporate titans and tech pioneers debate the ethical and economic fallout of an AI-powered future, Google … Read more
Sophie Hutchinson Health correspondent Getty Images A former nurse has lost her High Court challenge against the registration of England’s first private gender clinic for teenagers. Susan Evans, and a mother who asked not to be named, had argued that the health regulator, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) had “acted irrationally” in registering the Gender … Read more
Reuters A nurse on a picket line outside University College Hospital, London in 2023 Nursing leaders are warning the government in England must boost the pay of nurses or face possible strike action. A survey of Royal College of Nursing members showed 91% did not think the 3.6% pay increase this year was enough. But, … Read more
Nikki Fox Health correspondent, BBC East Nikki Fox/BBC Senior sister Lauren Jakes has worked in the critical care department of the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital for almost 14 years Five years on, Senior Sister Lauren Jakes still vividly remembers the moment she was told her ward was to expect the arrival of its very … Read more
Alamy St Helier Hospital, pictured in 2018 when the dispute started A “gifted” NHS nurse who was deliberately left out of a tea round by a colleague who said “I don’t like you” has won a claim for unfair constructive dismissal at an employment tribunal. Diabetes specialist Susan Hamilton joined Epsom and St Helier University … Read more
Sex Matters Sandie Peggie was suspended after a row over changing rooms A Fife nurse who was suspended after complaining about sharing a changing room with a transgender colleague has begun giving evidence at an employment tribunal. Sandie Peggie claims being made to get changed beside Dr Beth Upton – who is a trans woman … Read more
Uganda’s ministry of health has confirmed a new outbreak of the Ebola virus in the capital, Kampala, with one reported death. The victim was a 32-year-old male nurse whose symptoms included “high fever, chest pain, and difficulty in breathing” and “bleeding from multiple body sites”. He died of multi-organ failure on Wednesday at Mulango National … Read more