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2,750 nurses and midwives in Scotland left professional register in 2021-22

The number of nursing and midwifery staff in Scotland is moving “slowly upwards”, despite 2,750 quitting the profession last year. A new report from the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) showed that the number of nurses and midwives registered in ...

18 May 2022 at 01:25

Scotland

Nursing and midwifery vacancies in NHS reach new record high

Nursing and midwifery vacancies in Scotland’s NHS have soared to a record high, with almost 6,700 posts unfilled at the end of last year. The number of vacancies increased by more than 900 in the last three months of 2021 alone, with official ...

01 Mar 2022 at 13:55

Derry News

Nursing and midwifery leaders visit services in Derry and the North

UK nursing and midwifery leaders gathered in Derry this week to visit health and social care services across the North of Ireland. The senior figures were from the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), the independent regulator of 758,303 ...

27 May 2022 at 10:33

News

Nurses relying on food banks and unable to pay rent, MPs told

Nurses are “unable to pay rent” and are relying on food banks, MPs have heard. The Royal College of Nursing said the nursing workforce is in a “critical situation”. The warning comes as reports suggest that six NHS trusts have set up ...

24 May 2022 at 13:43

Half of new nurses trained overseas, latest figures show

Concerns have been raised about the UK’s overreliance on overseas nurses and midwives after new figures suggest that a significant number of new workers come from abroad. Almost half (48%) of the 48,436 people who joined the nursing ...

18 May 2022 at 01:25

Local News

ATU Donegal to host event on the role of mental health nurses

The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) is to co-host its inaugural Summer Series event with Atlantic Technological University (ATU) Donegal later this month. The event, Mental Health and Wellness in the North West: A ...

03 Jun 2022 at 12:33

Families silenced or ignored, says midwife behind review into maternity care

Families have been “silenced or ignored”, a former senior midwife leading a major inquiry into maternity care has said ahead of her report’s publication. Three hundred babies died or were left brain damaged due to avoidable ...

27 Mar 2022 at 00:55

Increasing number of nurses join UK register from ‘red list’ countries

Health and care employers have been urged to follow ethical recruitment guidelines after it emerged that more than 2,000 nurses have come to work in the UK from so-called red list recruitment countries. New figures from ...

30 Nov 2022 at 01:01

Scotland

Doctors warn of ‘worryingly high’ number of vacant consultant posts

Doctors’ leaders have told how NHS staff in Scotland have been left “depleted, exhausted and facing burnout” as they spoke out about the “worryingly high” number of consultant posts that are lying empty. New figures ...

07 Mar 2023 at 14:44

Scotland

We do not have enough doctors to effectively staff Scottish NHS – BMA chief

Scotland no longer has enough doctors to “effectively staff” the NHS, ministers have been warned, as figures showed vacancies for consultants have increased by 17% in a year. With the latest figures showing more ...

05 Sept 2023 at 13:51

Midwife education facing ‘unprecedented’ challenges

Heavy workloads, staffing pressures and inadequate pay for lecturers are creating “unprecedented” challenges when it comes to educating the next generation of midwives, according to a new report. The Royal ...

13 Sept 2023 at 00:01

Regulator sounds alarm over ‘culture’ in maternity care

Midwifery leaders have sounded the alarm over poor workplace cultures in maternity services. Some midwives are not always speaking up when they see something that is not right, and not communicating well ...

03 Aug 2023 at 00:01

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