Staff Shortages

Services suspended for a month at Bridgnorth Midwife Led Unit

23rd March 2018

Full Story in Shropshire Star 23 March 2018 Inpatient services at Bridgnorth Midwife Led Unit will be suspended for nearly … Read more

Impact of NHS staff shortages: ‘I had a breakdown and am homeless’

19th March 2018

 Full Story in Guardian 19 March 2018 Guardian Healthcare Network survey found that almost half of respondents (48%) said patient … Read more

Unless quick action is taken on staffing NHS risks more cancelled procedures in 2018

12th March 2018

Full Story in National Health Executive 12 March 2018 The NHS is being “pushed to its limit,” according the Royal … Read more

NHS Staff Survey shows worsening pay and conditions are taking their toll on staff

7th March 2018

Full story in Nursing Notes, 6 March 2018 The NHS Staff Survey is the largest workforce survey in the world … Read more

More than half of NHS staff worked unpaid hours in last year

6th March 2018

Full story in the NHE, 6 March 2018 The results of NHS England’s NHS Staff Survey 2017 are “challenging” and show that … Read more

Subsidiary company plans approved by Gloucestershire NHS Trust

5th March 2018

Full story in The Gazette, 1 March 2018 The board of the Gloucestershire NHS trust which runs the county’s biggest … Read more

Capacity to handle 999 calls at risk, warns London ambulance service

2nd March 2018

Britain’s busiest NHS ambulance service may no longer be able to answer all 999 calls quickly enough because its control … Read more

Trusts set up private companies to save vital staff.

26th February 2018

Full Story at Open Democracy, 26 February 2018 Dozens of NHS hospital trusts across England are looking at (or already … Read more

One in 11 posts unfilled in the NHS in England

21st February 2018

Full story at The Guardian 21 February 2018   One in 11 posts in NHS England are currently unfilled, equivalent to almost 100,000 … Read more

MP along with Stroud campaigners fight against ‘back door privatisation’ of Gloucestershire NHS

21st February 2018

Full story at Stroud News 21 February 2018  STROUD campaigners, unions and Stroud MP David Drew have joined forces to … Read more