Too few staff means increased risk to patients, says UNISON
Safe staffing levels across the NHS have worsened significantly in the last year, according to UNISON’s UK-wide annual survey of … Read more
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Transplants axed and wards closed amid trust’s nurse shortage
Liver transplant operations at one of the country’s flagship teaching hospitals have been cancelled because of a shortage of critical … Read more
Trust forced to downgrade A&E after locum doctor crisis
A teaching hospital has been forced to downgrade one of its two accident and emergency departments after a crisis in … Read more
Nine in ten GP practices struggle to find locums
Almost 90% of GP practices are struggling to find locums to cover shifts amid growing pressures on the workforce, the … Read more
‘No convincing plan’ for NHS to save £22bn, say scathing report
An influential committee of MPs has made sweeping criticisms of the Department of Health and NHS England over their handling … Read more
NHS struggling to plug a £22bn funding ‘black hole’, says report
The NHS in England lacks a convincing plan to plug a £22bn “black hole” in funding within five years, according to parliament’s … Read more
Hospitals forced to cut night cover due to staff shortages
Hospitals have been forced to reduce medical cover on wards at night or reduce training for junior doctors because they … Read more
NHS Bosses Plan to sell Temp Agency
Department of Health bosses are planning to privatise a temp agency for NHS medics and support staff, it was reported … Read more
‘Costs of agency staff are spiraling out of control say midwives’
NHS trusts in England pay almost fifty pounds per hour for agency midwives when the normal rate of pay for … Read more