Midwives receiving less training in key areas of safety and equality, new report warns
A report from the charity Baby Lifeline, says that across England midwives are still not receiving enough essential safety training with … Read more
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Covid patient died in hospital side room: nurses were treating 10 patients each at time of incident
A 73-year-old man died alone in a hospital side room after his breathing tube became detached and his appeals for … Read more
Care worker shortage will increase NHS waiting lists
The social care sector is facing a crisis in staffing, with an estimated 105,000 vacancies, according to the 2021 State of the … Read more
Nottingham rations cancer care due to lack of staff
More than a decade of frozen funding has brought the NHS to a shocking new stage of crisis, in which … Read more
Patient safety could be threatened by plans to ‘water down’ training for nurses
The Nursing and Midwifery Council has Plans is pressing ahead with plans to simplify specialist nurse training across the UK … Read more
Leap in mental health absences among NHS staff
Data collected by FirstCare has found that the number of NHS staff absent from work because of their mental health … Read more
GP practices could close or reduce services this winter as pressures mount, warn LMCs
Pulse reports that GP leaders warn that surgeries face the ‘very real prospect’ of having to close temporarily or permanently … Read more
The Health and Care Bill – a chance to solve the NHS staffing crisis?
Despite the headline-grabbing challenges of the pandemic, the problem of staff shortages – following more than a decade of underfunding … Read more
Higher weekend deaths in hospital not due to lack of doctors, landmark study shows
A landmark study has shown that the higher mortality rates among weekend patients is not due to a lack of … Read more
Amanda Pritchard appointed as NHS England chief executive
Amanda Pritchard has been appointed as the next NHS England chief executive. She took up her role on 1 August, … Read more