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
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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
Are there 6,700 fewer mental health staff?
The claim: At least 6,700 mental health nurses and doctors have been cut from the NHS in England since 2010. … 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
£4m MRI scanners set to cut waiting times at Kent and Canterbury Hospital
A £4m investment to deliver two new scanners at Kent and Canterbury Hospital will cut patients’ waiting times and produce … Read more
“Sickening”: vital healthcare workers who ease hospital bed crisis could be axed in £400k council cuts
“SICKENING, outrageous and ironic.” Those are the words of devastated healthcare workers who face redundancy despite providing vital acute care … Read more
Constant restructuring of NHS is demoralising staff, survey finds
The number of NHS reorganisations in recent years is a key reason for the health service’s struggle to retain staff, … Read more
‘Army-style’ training proposal will not redress recruitment crisis, says BMA
Proposals to train more doctors – and tie them to the NHS for more than four years after graduation – … Read more
What impact will Brexit have on nursing?
The NHS faces a major shortfall in nurses – and the EU referendum result threatens to derail supply further. The … Read more