Staff Shortages
NHS staff shortages to blame for big rise in cancelled operations on children and young people, Labour warns
Operations on children and young people are being cancelled in huge numbers as NHS staff shortages bite, Labour reveals today. … Read more
NHS faces staff crisis as student nurse applications plummet after Tories scrapped their grants
Nursing leaders today warn the NHS faces a staffing crisis after figures showed a sharp fall in applications for training … Read more
Training survey exposes rota-gap dangers
The ‘serious’ threat posed by gaps in junior doctors’ work rotas has been laid bare by a national training survey. … Read more
Junior doctors crashing after exhausting hospital night shifts
Junior doctors are so sleep deprived that more than half have suffered a road accident or near miss while driving … Read more
More nurses and midwives leaving UK profession than joining, figures reveal
More midwives and nurses are leaving the profession in the UK than joining for the first time on record, with … Read more
NHS staffing agency moves towards privatisation
The government is pressing ahead with the sale of NHS Professionals, the state-owned agency that manages more than 90,000 doctors, … Read more
Revealed: scale of hospital staff shortages in top Tory areas
The maternity unit at the main hospital used by Theresa May’s local constituents is so severely understaffed that wards are … Read more
Thousands of children’s operations cancelled each year, NHS figures show
Paediatricians’ leader says figures obtained by Labour are further evidence NHS is being pushed to the brink. Thousands of operations … Read more
Long waits for surgery ‘have tripled in four years’
The number of patients waiting six months or more for surgery has tripled over the past four years in England, … Read more
Cancer patient dies after being denied transfer because of bed shortage
A cancer patient died after he was denied an urgently needed transfer to another hospital because no bed was available, … Read more