Tory raid leaves hospitals choosing between ‘fixing the roof or paying the nurses’
The Tory cuts in capital spending amount to a whopping £4.29 million, meaning hospitals are in huge deficit. In total, … Read more
NHS staff
RCN boss delivers stark warning to the new Prime Minister
The head of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), Dame Donna Kinnair, has written to the new Prime Minister, Boris … Read more
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
According to a new report district nursing is significantly under-resourced, with often unsafe staffing levels, which can lead to unsafe … Read more
Nurses’ goodwill is being ‘abused’ and people need to be ‘held to account’
The Royal College of Nursing has said that the Government has consistently failed to reduce the number of vacancies and … Read more
NHS England loses 6,000 mental health nurses in 10 years
New figures show that the number of mental health nurses in England has slumped by more than a tenth over … Read more
Community hospital to close in face of staff shortages
A major nursing shortage will mean that the City Community Hospital in Oxford will close temporarily at the end of … 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