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UK (NNA UK) is appealing to nurses worldwide to make a donation to help the thousands of people left devastated by Saturday’s earthquake in Nepal. More than 5,500 people have been killed, thousands have been injured and there has been widespread destruction of buildings following the 7.8 magnitude earthquake and nearly 60 aftershocks that hit the country. NNA UK has gathered a team of 20 nurses from different parts of the UK who will travel to Nepal to provide first aid to people with traumatic injuries. The association’s general secretary Binodbikash Simkhada said about 60 nurses have contacted him to say they want to visit family members in Nepal and mourn for loved ones they have lost. ‘At the best of times, Nepal is not one of the richest countries,’ he said. ‘Whatever the Nepalese people had, they have lost and it will be very hard for the country to come back.’ NNA UK has already received more than £10,000 in donations towards a fundraising target of £50,000.

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Injured people receive treatment outside the Medicare Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal

The UK has deployed search and rescue crews, a medical support team, trauma doctors, as well as Gurkha engineers, and the government has provided £10 million in aid. The NNA UK has set up a donation page and has called on nurses ‘to join hands at this moment of huge tragedy’. To donate visit www.gofundme. com/sxk4m9w, and nurses wishing to provide support can contact Mr Simkhada on 07737 751432

A mental health charity has been named England’s most inclusive healthcare organisation by lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) equality charity Stonewall. St Andrew’s Healthcare in Northampton came top of Stonewall’s Healthcare Equality Index out of 39 providers that entered. The index helps organisations to measure their progress on equality for their LGBT patients and communities. St Andrew’s has improved on   last year’s ranking of third place   by providing more accessible   LGBT-friendly literature and resources in areas such as its library. The charity’s chief medical officer Fiona Mason said: ‘We have also improved policies, learning opportunities and awareness.’ St Andrew’s was followed by Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in second place, and   Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust in third. To view the full list go to tinyurl.com/pngbk96

Nurse sues NHS after trust admits ‘terrible error’ A nurse is pursuing legal action after undergoing breast cancer surgery only to find out four days later that there had been a mix-up and she had never had the disease. Elizabeth Dawes was left ‘devastated’ after the procedure at New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton, where she worked as an oncology nurse. She was told she had grade 3 invasive breast cancer after a right breast biopsy in July 2013. She underwent surgery to remove what was believed to be a cancerous tumour, as well as lymph nodes from her armpit, and a procedure to improve the shape of her breasts. But four days later hospital staff told her that her medical notes and those of

two other patients had been mixed up. Ms Dawes told Nursing Standard: ‘In an everyday nursing role, you have to be so careful and check so many details before you do anything, so you cannot

‘YOU HAVE TO BE SO CAREFUL AND CHECK SO MANY DETAILS’ – Elizabeth Dawes

understand that something so big could happen, such a major mistake.’ She has since left her job at the Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust and now works in a nursing home. Ms Dawes said the decision to leave was ‘entirely’ due to her traumatic

experience, because it affected the care she could provide. ‘If I was in a breast consultation   with a patient, my mind would go to   the consultations I had,’ she said. ‘Obviously the patients need you   there as their advocate and support   and I could not provide that because   my mind would be elsewhere.’ The trust has carried out an investigation and apologised to   Ms Dawes for its ‘terrible error’. A trust spokesperson said: ‘The   incident is now part of an ongoing   legal claim with which the trust is co-operating fully. ‘The trust can confirm that no   other patient received inappropriate treatment as a result of this incident.’

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