Impact of NHS staff shortages: ‘I had a breakdown and am homeless’
Full Story in Guardian 19 March 2018 Guardian Healthcare Network survey found that almost half of respondents (48%) said patient … Read more
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Unless quick action is taken on staffing NHS risks more cancelled procedures in 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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
Full story at Stroud News 21 February 2018 STROUD campaigners, unions and Stroud MP David Drew have joined forces to … Read more
Thousands of days off a month for NHS staff in Yorkshire sick with stress
Full Story at ITV News, 12 February 2018. Yorkshire’s NHS trust staff are struggling with stress or anxiety. A recent … Read more