GPs losing sleep over patient safety fears, says head of profession
Prof Helen Stokes-Lampard, chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners, says colleagues are left anxious by overwork and exhaustion … Read more
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‘Major’ safety fears over lack of regulation for advanced nurses
The lack of regulation of advanced nursing is a “major concern for public protection”, HSJhas been told. The chair of the … Read more
Falling number of NHS child psychiatrists provokes ‘deep concern’
The number of NHS psychiatrists helping troubled children and young people in England is falling despite the growing demand for care, new … Read more
‘Enough is enough’: nurses protest against pay cap outside Westminster
Nurses have expressed their anger over the public sector pay cap in a protest outside parliament, warning the government they … Read more
NHS warns of ‘dangerous’ beds shortage this winter
Patients could die this winter because the NHS is alarmingly unprepared to deal with the surge of people who fall ill during … Read more
Is it any wonder the NHS is struggling to recruit homegrown GPs when their job has been reduced to little more than delivering bad news?
As the NHS launches a £100m drive to recruit foreign GPs, it’s hard to know what to think. Perhaps we should feel … Read more
Exclusive: Third trust reveals large neurology backlog
A trust in the East of England has become the latest to reveal it has hundreds of neurology patients overdue … Read more
NHS pursuing foreign GPs with £100m recruitment drive
The NHS will pay agencies up to £100 million to recruit GPs from abroad in a bid to increase staffing … Read more
Labour demands inquiry into privatisation of NHS-owned recruiter
Labour is demanding an inquiry into the privatisation of a government-owned NHS recruitment firm that saves hospitals £70m a year. … Read more
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