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NHS managers at Lincoln County Hospital have come up with a new strategy allowing staff to use Twitter and Facebook on the wards.
Bosses at United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust - one of 11 health trusts placed in special measures in July - sent an email to staff telling them they could access social media during working hours.
Earlier this week, two nurses and a healthcare worker from another NHS trust were caught Tweeting about patients.
They posted pictures of themselves wearing incontinence pads and making indecent comments about patients.
Staff in Lincoln are now encouraged to use Twitter and Facebook from hospital computers "for their own communications".
An email, which was sent from the Trust's Communications Team on July 29, highlighted a scheme of 'quick wins' to improve performance across its ailing hospitals.
It told staff: "We have taken the step to open up all social media websites, such as Facebook and Twitter, for use by trust staff.
"From now on, you will be able to access these websites from all trust computers."
http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk...d-use-social/story-19864743-detail/story.html
Bosses at United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust - one of 11 health trusts placed in special measures in July - sent an email to staff telling them they could access social media during working hours.
Earlier this week, two nurses and a healthcare worker from another NHS trust were caught Tweeting about patients.
They posted pictures of themselves wearing incontinence pads and making indecent comments about patients.
Staff in Lincoln are now encouraged to use Twitter and Facebook from hospital computers "for their own communications".
An email, which was sent from the Trust's Communications Team on July 29, highlighted a scheme of 'quick wins' to improve performance across its ailing hospitals.
It told staff: "We have taken the step to open up all social media websites, such as Facebook and Twitter, for use by trust staff.
"From now on, you will be able to access these websites from all trust computers."
http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk...d-use-social/story-19864743-detail/story.html