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
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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
Case study: ‘My heart is here in the NHS. But I can only take so much’
Dr Siti Ibrahim, a trainee GP, says it feels like the Home Office is pushing foreign doctors away Dr Siti … Read more
One in four NHS wards has dangerously low numbers of nurses, researchers find
One in four NHS wards routinely operates at staffing levels so low that patient safety is threatened, experts have warned. … Read more
Report – Primary Concerns 2018 – The state of primary care
An overwhelming 44% of the 2,386 GPs, practice managers, practice and community nurses and community pharmacists surveyed reveal they are … Read more
NHS crisis: 200,000 nurses have quit since Tories entered government
More than 200,000 nurses have quit the NHS since the Conservatives entered government, with three-quarters of these prior to retirement … Read more
New targets could lead to ‘bad practice’, warn clinicians
A new one-hour target for sepsis, set out in NHS England’s standards review this month, could encourage “bad clinical practice … Read more
NHS England losing staff in record numbers over long hours – study
Research finds number of people leaving over work-life balance has almost trebled Record numbers of burnt-out NHS staff in England … Read more
A Critical Moment: NHS Staffing Trends, Rentention and Attrition
Executive summary: Trends in the NHS workforce: This is the third annual NHS workforce trends report published by the Health … Read more
Just Another Day – Unison report January 2019
This UNISON survey’s purpose was to spot-test a typical 24-hour period in the health service. The union asked people what … Read more