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NHS in England ‘could face shortfall of almost 40,000 nurses by 2024’

The NHS in England could face a shortfall of almost 40,000 nurses by 2024, according to new analysis. Despite numbers of nursing staff increasing, it has been estimated that the health service will be short of 38,000 full-time equivalent registered ...

20 Jul 2022 at 01:01

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 and midwifery ...

18 May 2022 at 01:25

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 the Nursing and Midwifery ...

30 Nov 2022 at 01:01

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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

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 errors in ...

27 Mar 2022 at 00:55

Child serial killer Lucy Letby found unfit to practise nursing

Child serial killer Lucy Letby has been found unfit to practise at a Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) hearing, as she maintains her innocence in respect of her convictions. The 33-year-old was sentenced in August to 14 whole-life ...

12 Dec 2023 at 16:35

Child killer Lucy Letby faces being stripped of nursing status

Child killer Lucy Letby may be stripped of her nursing credentials at a hearing later this month. The Nursing and Midwifery Council has listed a two-day hearing to decide if Letby should be removed from the register on December 12 ...

02 Dec 2023 at 15:50

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 College of Midwives ...

13 Sept 2023 at 00:01

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 from ...

07 Mar 2023 at 14:44

More than 5,000 early-career nursing staff quit profession in one year

A fifth of the nursing and midwifery professionals who left the register in the last year did so within 10 years of joining, figures show. Nursing leaders described the statistic as “deeply alarming” and called on ...

19 Jul 2024 at 00:01

Up to 100,000 nursing staff to walk out next month over pay

Up to 100,000 nursing staff will take part in their biggest ever strike next month in a long-running dispute over pay, it has been announced. Members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) in England, Wales and ...

29 Nov 2022 at 18:16

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 ...

05 Sept 2023 at 13:51

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