Staff Shortages
NHS staff shortage: How many doctors and nurses come from abroad?
The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) will soon begin a major campaign to recruit health workers from other countries to … Read more
Case study: ‘My heart is here in the NHS. But I can only take so much’
Dr Siti Ibrahim, a trainee GP, says it feels like the Home Office is pushing foreign doctors away Dr Siti … Read more
Theresa May warned her post-Brexit immigration strategy could close quarter of NHS services
NHS executives have described Theresa May’s post-Brexit immigration strategy as the “most destructive policy proposal for NHS recruitment” amid fears … Read more
Patients will wait longer for operations and care will get WORSE amid looming pensions crisis for doctors, British Medical Association warns
Patients will wait longer for operations and care will get worse in the face of a looming pensions crisis for … Read more
One in four NHS wards has dangerously low numbers of nurses, researchers find
One in four NHS wards routinely operates at staffing levels so low that patient safety is threatened, experts have warned. … Read more
NHS crisis: 200,000 nurses have quit since Tories entered government
More than 200,000 nurses have quit the NHS since the Conservatives entered government, with three-quarters of these prior to retirement … Read more
Number of NHS staff leaving for a better work/life balance triples
The number of NHS staff quitting over long hours has tripled in six years, new figures show. Nurse leaders said … Read more
GP practices are struggling – and Brexit will only make things worse
Staff sickness and uncertainty caused by Brexit have worsened NHS staffing shortages. A recent NHS staff survey showed that just … Read more
GP numbers will fall 7,000 short within five years despite increasing trainees
GP numbers will fall ‘substantially short of demand’, even though there is a major focus on increasing GP trainee numbers … Read more
Experts warn shortage of GPs will last for at least a decade
The shortage of GPs will last for at least another decade and patients will have to be treated by physiotherapists … Read more