Labour welcomes U-turn on sell-off of employment agency that supplies doctors and nurses to hospitals The government has abandoned plans to privatise an NHS employment agency it owns that supplies doctors and nurses to hospitals to ease their understaffing. Labour welcomed what it called “a major U-turn on a misguided policy from a government with no solution…
Medics say seven years of restrictions have resulted in real-terms cuts of 14% amid news that the government could lift limit. Thousands of nurses are expected to call on the Government to end the 1% cap on public sector pay at a demonstration in Parliament Square later. The protest is the culmination of a summer…
Ministers are considering putting London’s army of nurses first in the queue for higher pay when the cap on public sector awards is eased, sources revealed today. They are looking into whether a regional pay boost would help major hospitals and other public bodies that cannot fill posts because of the higher costs of living in the…
Reluctance to talk about transplants leaves families unsure of potential donors’ wishes and a reluctance to donate A reluctance to talk about transplants is contributing to a deadly shortage of organs donation, the NHS has said after figures revealed more than 450 patients waiting for a new organ died last year because families, unsure of their deceased…
The NHS will suffer its worst winter in recent history if it does not receive a £350m emergency bailout, hospital chiefs have warned. The cash is desperately need to fund extra staff and beds, with waiting times and bed shortages remaining “stubbornly bad,” according to NHS Providers, which represents NHS chief executives. The government has given…