Service ‘collapses’ after department left with ‘no doctors’
HSJ reports that a NHS trust has been accused of presiding over the deterioration of a key service amid communication … Read more
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Striking nurses ‘not going away’, says RCN, as other unions meet over pay offer
Steve Barclay has “lost the public” and striking nurses “are not going to go away”, the head of the Royal College … Read more
Hundreds of NHS anaesthetists unable to get jobs
This year sees 350 trainee anaesthetists were unable to get posts for the next stage of anaesthetics training (higher specialist training ST4) … Read more
Ambulance strikes are about more than pay
No amount of PR from NHS England and the DHSC can hide the fact that the industrial disputes hitting the … Read more
Going private is no workforce strategy
With no long-term NHS workforce strategy on the horizon, the government’s default policy on slashing elective waiting lists – pushing … Read more
Nurses coming to work in UK after ‘forced migration’ from Zimbabwe
The UK is employing thousands of nurses that have left Zimbabwe due to poor pay and conditions in what has … Read more
Is the NHS finally going to get its workforce plan?
A year ago Jeremy Hunt was sitting on the back benches, and as chair of the health select committee was … Read more
A workforce already stretched over five days, can’t stretch to seven
With the waiting list of patients waiting for planned NHS care at over 7 million, up from 4.4 million before … Read more
Should the NHS still be recruiting from overseas?
The NHS has a major workforce crisis, with over 132,000 vacancies overall and over 47,000 vacancies for registered nurses. The … Read more
Nurses at half of NHS organisations vote for strike
The Royal College of Nursing has said that nursing staff at around half of NHS organisations have voted in favour … Read more