Royal College of Nursing Scotland in nurse staffing levels call
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Royal College of Nursing Scotland in nurse staffing levels call

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-45416421 By BBC News The public are being urged to back a campaign for tougher legislation to ensure there are enough nurses to deliver high-quality patient care. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Scotland said the latest NHS workforce datashowed the highest number of nursing vacancies ever reported. It said its…

NHS England nets ‘game-changing’ childhood leukaemia treatment
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NHS England nets ‘game-changing’ childhood leukaemia treatment

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://news.sky.com/story/nhs-england-nets-game-changing-childhood-leukaemia-treatment-11490394 By Paul Kelso, health correspondent The therapy – which has a list price of £282,000 per patient – is currently only available in Europe as part of clinical trials. A cutting-edge personalised treatment for a form of childhood leukaemia is to be made available on the NHS in the first…

Almost 1,000 elderly people a day needlessly admitted to hospital amid social care crisis
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Almost 1,000 elderly people a day needlessly admitted to hospital amid social care crisis

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/09/04/almost-1000-elderly-people-day-needlessly-admitted-hospital/ By Olivia Rudgard, social affairs correspondent Almost 1,000 elderly people a day are being admitted to hospital needlessly amid a crisis in social care, Age UK has found. Analysis of NHS figures by the charity found that there were 341,074 avoidable emergency admissions for people aged 65 and over during the year…

Number of doctors opting for early retirement doubles, amid pension clampdown
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Number of doctors opting for early retirement doubles, amid pension clampdown

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/09/04/number-doctors-opting-early-retirement-doubles-amid-pension/ By Laura Donnelly, health editor The number of hospital doctors opting for early retirement has doubled in the past decade, NHS figures show. The trend comes along side a clamp down on pensions, which cap the amount savers can amass without being taxed from £1.8m in 2012 to £1 million. Medics blamed stress,…

Quarter of UK student nurses drop out before graduation, study finds
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Quarter of UK student nurses drop out before graduation, study finds

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/sep/03/quarter-of-uk-student-nurses-drop-out-before-graduation-study-finds By Haroon Siddique Nearly a quarter of student nurses are dropping out of their degree courses before graduation, according to figures that bode ill for the staffing crisis in the NHS. Of 16,544 UK nursing students at 55 universities who began three-year degrees that were due to finish last year, 4,027 left their…