The UK's National Health Service (NHS) is implementing a strategy to ... and ensure timely treatment for those in need. Rapid response teams based within local communities are being tasked with ...

Jacqueline Abizie McKendrick, a former nurse at the Royal Edinburgh, attempted to sue her employers at the Lothian Health ...

The Rapid Response Team’s pay is so low they will get a small temporary pay rise in April to bring them up to the National Living Wage of £12.21, while NHS pay deals are negotiated.

Ms McKendrick worked as a nurse for over seven years at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital in the rapid response team, a community mental health crisis team primarily serving older adults and those with ...