‘Unacceptable’ cancer and elective waiting times are ‘risking patients’ lives’
Only one in three trusts are meeting cancer waiting time targets. Patients are facing “unacceptable” and “agonising” delays for both … Read more
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Nurses being priced out of homes built on sold-off NHS land, study reveals
Nurses are being priced out of homes built on land the NHS has sold off, a study reveals. Out of … Read more
NHS staff quitting due to burnout and bullying, report says
NHS staff are quitting because they are stressed and burned out from heavy workloads, having too little time with patients … Read more
Cuts may leave NHS short of 70,000 nurses, leaked report warns
The NHS could be short of almost 70,000 nurses within five years, according to a leaked copy of the government’s long-awaited plan … Read more
District nurse numbers plummet leaving services under-resourced and unsafe
A new report from the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) and Queen’s Nursing Institute (QNI) has called for urgent investment in … Read more
Community hospital to close in face of staff shortages
A community hospital in Oxford will close temporarily at the end of May because of major nursing shortages. By the end … Read more
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