Staff Shortages
GP practices closing while waiting on support promised by Jeremy Hunt
GP practices at the brink of closure are being denied millions of pounds of funding promised to them by health … Read more
Nearly 600 GP practices could be forced to close by 2020, warns RCGP
Around one in 15 GP practices could be forced out of business and the UK will face a shortfall of … Read more
Charity warns of shortage of nurses in children’s palliative care
by Jo Stephenson, Reporter A worrying shortage of nurses working in children’s palliative care is having a negative impact on … Read more
NHS chiefs warn that hospitals in England are on the brink of collapse
The body that represents hospitals across England has issued a startling warning that the NHS is close to breaking point … Read more
Health education bosses miss GP training target
Health Education England has failed to reach its target of delivering 3,250 doctors in GP training by 2016, despite having … Read more
Out-of-hours services ‘broken’ as single GP regularly covers 370,000 patients
Out-of-hours services in Northern Ireland are on the verge of collapse, with individual GPs regularly having to cover populations of … Read more
NHS ‘in perpetual winter of Narnia’ as waiting list reaches record 3.9m
The NHS is missing so many of its key performance targets that it has entered “the perpetual winter of Narnia”, … Read more
RCN responds to report on district nursing
The King’s Fund warns of the effects of staff shortages in district nursing, and the importance of district nurses for … Read more
Out-of-hours shifts being run with no GPs due to recruitment crisis
A GP out-of-hours provider covering 300,000 patients has been running overnight shifts without any GPs on the rota. NHS Doncaster … Read more