By Colleen QuinnSTATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE
Category: Uncategorized
NURSES PACK HEARING, RENEW CALL FOR STAFFING BILL
Selection of Wall-to-Wall News Coverage from Our Press Release on the DMH Announcement of Taunton Closing
State to close Taunton facility for mentally ill By David Abel | Globe Staff After more than 150 years of housing mentally ill patients, Taunton State Hospital will close its… Read more »
State Dept. of Mental Health Announces Plans to Close Taunton State Hospital
Frontline Caregivers Say State’s Mental Health System is Already in ShamblesShortage of Beds & Lack of Funding Jeopardizes Patient SafetyProposed Closing Will Be Devastating for the State’s Most Vulnerable Residents… Read more »
DMH PLANS TO CLOSE TAUNTON HOSPITAL THIS YEAR CALLED “DANGEROUS”
DMH PLANS TO CLOSE TAUNTON HOSPITAL THIS YEAR CALLED “DANGEROUS” By Kyle Cheney STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, JAN. 24, 2012…..Taunton Hospital, a 169-bed state mental health facility,… Read more »
Photo: Phonebanking at Region 4 office – Helen French
2011 MNF Rosemary Smith, RN Memorial Golf Tournament a big success!
The Massachusetts Nurses Foundation – a non-profit organization whose mission is to support scholarship and research in nursing and healthcare – held its annual golf tournament on July 25, and… Read more »
January 25 – Joint Committee on Health Care Finance Holding Public Hearing on Bills to Set Safe Patient Limits for Nurses in Massachusetts Hospitals
Nurses and Patient Safety Advocates Will Testify in Support of the Measures that Will Save Thousands of Lives and Millions of Valuable Health Care Dollars. What: The legislature’s Joint Committee… Read more »
Photo: Mary Wignall, RN and hats
UMMMC Nurses Cast Overwheling Vote in Favor of Forming a Single MNA Bargaining Unit
The nurses of UMass Memorial Medical Center who are represented by the MNA at the UMass University and UMass Memorial, Hahnemannn, Home Health and Hospice campuses cast an overwhelming vote… Read more »
