Soaring NHS vacancies prompt warnings of ‘desperate’ understaffing

Soaring NHS vacancies prompt warnings of ‘desperate’ understaffing

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/jul/25/soaring-nhs-vacancies-prompt-warnings-of-understaffing-nursing By: Denis Campbell Health policy editor Tuesday 25 July 2017 13.15 BST Data shows number of available posts in England rose 15.8% over last year, and highlights shrinking nursing workforce The number of vacancies in the NHS has soared by 15.8% over the last year, prompting warnings that the service is facing “desperate” problems of understaffing….

NHS to review plans to divert patients from hospital A&E departments

NHS to review plans to divert patients from hospital A&E departments

ByMatthew Betteridge

NHS England has launched a national review into schemes to divert patients away from A&E departments. According to the Daily Telegraph, the investigation is in response to the death of a 44-year-old man who was turned away from a Bristol A&E department while a pilot scheme to ease pressure was in place, and instead seen by…

Call for tighter checks on private hospitals used by NHS after MRSA case

Call for tighter checks on private hospitals used by NHS after MRSA case

ByMatthew Betteridge

Labour MP Louise Haigh cites case of young patient who contracted infection while on mental health ward in Sheffield Theresa May has been urged to tighten checks on private hospitals used by the NHS after a Labour MP raised the case of a young patient with an open wound who contracted MRSA on a private mental health…

Nurses could train to become doctors by doing ‘part-time’ medical degrees

Nurses could train to become doctors by doing ‘part-time’ medical degrees

ByMatthew Betteridge

Nurses could train to become doctors by doing “part-time degrees” under radical proposals to increase the number of medics. Health officials on Wednesday said they were looking at ways to encourage nurses, pharmacists, and physios to train to become doctors while they earned. Professor Ian Cumming, head of Health Education England, said “the concept of…