This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-44477095 By BBC Health News NHS groups have welcomed the decision to relax immigration rules to allow more doctors and nurses from outside the EU into the UK. The Home Office said foreign medics would be excluded from the government’s cap on skilled migration. NHS bosses said it would be a…
This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jun/12/uk-visa-applications-doctors-thousands-refused-figures-show-nhs By Haroon Siddique Only one-third of requests by overseas medics accepted, despite NHS staff shortages More than 2,300 visa applications by doctors looking to work in the UK have been refused in five months, official figures show. There were 3,597 requests from doctors for tier 2 visas between 6 November and…
This article was taken from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/trachoma-drugs-pledged-fight-disease-thorns/ By Anne Gulland, global health security correspondent Drug company Pfizer has announced it will extend its donations of antibiotics to treat the debilitating eye disease trachoma for five years. Pfizer initially said its donation of the drug Zithromax would end in 2020, the target for the worldwide elimination of the disease. Now…
This article was taken from: https://www.nursingtimes.net/home/your-nursing-career/access-to-data-helping-to-deliver-the-right-care-in-the-right-place/7024627.article By Tina Hanlon, Nursing Times There is huge value in giving nurses access to data on what is happening across their ward or organisation. For a start, it helps them deliver the right care to the right patient at the right time, and so avoids patients being kept in hospital…
This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/may/22/hospitals-struggling-to-afford-new-equipment-after-nhs-budget-cuts By Denis Campbell Health policy editor Hospitals struggling to afford new equipment after NHS budget cut Hospitals can no longer afford the most modern scanners and surgical equipment to treat patients who have cancer and other diseases because of multibillion-pound cuts to the NHS’s capital budget, research reveals. Staff are having to continue…