This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-45083167 By BBC Home Editor, Mark Easton The number of deaths in England and Wales due to the synthetic opioid fentanyl rose by 29% in 2017, Office for National Statistics data shows. Last year heroin and morphine related deaths decreased for the first time since 2012, while cocaine deaths rose. In total, 3,756…
This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/aug/04/nhs-pay-deal-angers-some-staff By Michael Savage Workers across service complain they have not had promised wage rises and GMB calls for talks to be reopened Some NHS staff have been angered by the recent pay deal for more than a million workers, complaining that they are not receiving the increases they had been promised. One…
This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/aug/04/nursing-shortfall-apprenticeships-brexit-nhs-eu By Toby Helm Political Editor The promise was 1,000 trainee nurses a year, but data shows a serious shortfall for registered and nursing associate programmes The total number of people starting NHS apprenticeships has fallen by more than a third in the past three years, raising new concerns about shortages of…
This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jul/26/nhs-in-england-facing-deepening-staffing-crisis-figures-show By Denis Campbell Health policy editor Vacancies for doctors, nurses, midwives and therapists at highest level for three years The NHS is facing a deepening staffing crisis as hospitals report growing shortages of doctors, nurses, midwives and therapists, official figures have revealed. Vacancies across the NHS in England for those key groups of health…
This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jul/26/tech-healthcare-ethics-artifical-intelligence-doctors-patients By Ivana Bartoletti The potential for AI and other developments in health is huge, but the voices of doctors and patients must first be heard It perhaps shouldn’t come as a surprise that Matt Hancock, the new health and social care secretary, made technology the theme of his first big speech in the…