NHS England ‘urgently needs 2,200 more A&E consultants’
Hospitals are being urged to urgently more than double the number of consultants on duty in A&E units in order … Read more
More nurses and midwives leaving UK profession than joining, figures reveal
More midwives and nurses are leaving the profession in the UK than joining for the first time on record, with … Read more
NHS staffing agency moves towards privatisation
The government is pressing ahead with the sale of NHS Professionals, the state-owned agency that manages more than 90,000 doctors, … Read more
Thousands of children’s operations cancelled each year, NHS figures show
Paediatricians’ leader says figures obtained by Labour are further evidence NHS is being pushed to the brink. Thousands of operations … Read more
In short supply: pay policy and nurse numbers Workforce profile and trends in the English NHS
In April 2017, the House of Lords Select Committee on the long-term sustainability of the NHS concluded that the biggest … Read more
One in four social care staff leaving the profession every year
A new briefing from the Health Foundation has highlighted that the future workforce for the NHS and social care sector … Read more
Recruitment crisis hits NHS with one in nine posts currently vacant
About 40,000 nursing posts are now vacant in the NHS in England as the service heads for the worst recruitment … Read more
NHS pay cap ‘must be lifted’
The pay cap on NHS staff must be lifted because it puts patient safety at risk, NHS bosses say. NHS … Read more
Nurses will see their pay ‘cut by 12% over a decade’
NHS workers will have had their pay cut by 12% by the end of the decade because of a government-imposed … Read more
GP workforce declines by over 400 in just three months
The number of full-time equivalent GPs dropped by 1.3% in the last three months of 2016, new workforce figures reveal. … Read more