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New NHS staff will be trained and regulated properly, vows Sunak

The Prime Minister has insisted people being brought into new roles in the NHS will be trained and regulated properly as he said the Tories can be trusted with the health service. The Government has published its plan for a massive shake-up in how ...

30 Jun 2023 at 13:45

Number of permanent GPs in England falls year-on-year 12 months in a row

The number of permanent GPs in England has dropped year-on-year for 12 months in a row, as health experts warned the workforce is being “pushed closer towards the precipice”. There were 26,521 permanent qualified GPs working in England in June ...

27 Jul 2023 at 15:09

NHS staff taking time off due to poor mental health continues, new data shows

The trend of burnout and other mental health issues being the main cause of sick days for NHS staff has continued, new figures have confirmed. Statistics from NHS Digital published on Thursday showed poor mental health accounted for almost a ...

29 Jun 2023 at 12:00

Scotland

Action needed to stop nurses quitting profession, union warns

More work is needed to stem the flow of nurses from the profession, according to the Royal College of Nursing (RCN). The latest figures show a 2% net increase in nurses registered in Scotland, but the RCN said there is an upward trend in ...

19 Jul 2024 at 00:01

Senior doctors deny patients are ‘leverage’ in pay dispute with Government

Senior doctors have denied using patients as “leverage” in their row with the Government over pay and said strikes will not stop until they are given a “suitable offer”. Consultants in England are due to walk out on July 20 and July 21, ...

05 Jul 2023 at 11:04

Call for student loan ‘forgiveness scheme’ to help tackle NHS dropout rates

High dropout rates as NHS staff begin their careers are leading to severe strain in the health service, experts have warned as they called for healthcare workers’ student loans to be written off. There is a “highly leaky” training ...

28 Sept 2023 at 00:01

Pay dispute must be resolved before waiting lists can be fixed, say consultants

Senior doctors have warned Rishi Sunak that he will not get NHS waiting times down unless he resolves the dispute over pay. Speaking at the annual representative meeting of the British Medical Association (BMA) in Liverpool, ...

05 Jul 2023 at 12:51

Thousands of mental health patients travel more than 60 miles for treatment

Thousands of mentally ill people are being forced to have inpatient treatment miles from home despite a Government pledge to end the practice, a royal college has warned. The Royal College of Psychiatrists said more than 8,...

21 Jun 2023 at 00:01

Scotland

‘Worrying picture’ for cancer patients amid workforce shortages

The impact of ongoing workforce shortages is creating a “worrying picture” for cancer patients in the UK, two new reports have highlighted. The Royal College of Radiologists published its Clinical Oncology Census Report ...

09 Jun 2022 at 01:01

Scotland

NHS vacancies ‘seriously impacting’ patient care, doctors’ leaders warn

Vacant consultant posts are “seriously impacting” patient care in the NHS, doctors’ leaders warned as it emerged almost 7,000 roles for doctors, nurses, midwives and other health professionals are lying empty across ...

05 Dec 2023 at 14:20

Wes Streeting signals move to train thousands more GPs

Thousands more GPs could be trained in order to deal with the NHS staffing crisis, Wes Streeting has indicated. The Health Secretary has pledged to create a “transformed health service” after ordering officials to ...

08 Dec 2024 at 16:07

Barclay refuses to give deadline for long-promised NHS workforce plan

Health Secretary Steve Barclay has refused to give a deadline for the release of the long-awaited NHS workforce plan. Health bodies have said it is “incredibly disappointing” that new long-term proposals, which ...

28 May 2023 at 21:43

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