Lack of nurses ‘leads NHS to rely on less qualified staff’
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Lack of nurses ‘leads NHS to rely on less qualified staff’

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://news.sky.com/story/lack-of-nurses-leads-nhs-to-rely-on-less-qualified-staff-11871865 By Sky News A Health Foundation report says other NHS staff have been used to help with tasks that fully qualified nurses would normally do. Nurses are in such short supply in the UK that the NHS is relying on less qualified staff to plug the gaps, according to…

New NHS plans could mean average wait of eight and a half weeks
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New NHS plans could mean average wait of eight and a half weeks

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/11/26/new-nhs-plans-could-mean-average-wait-eight-half-weeks/ By Laura Donnelly, health editor Patients waiting for NHS surgery should receive treatment in eight and a half weeks, on average, under NHS proposals, documents suggest. Experts said that if the changes go ahead, it would mean slightly longer waiting times than under today’s targets. Under the current measures, 92…

Lassa fever ‘at risk’ Britons sent home from Sierra Leone
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Lassa fever ‘at risk’ Britons sent home from Sierra Leone

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This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-50543489 By BBC Health News Three British nationals have been brought back to the UK from Sierra Leone for medical assessment after coming into close contact with two people diagnosed with Lassa fever. One of the two infected Dutch nationals – both doctors working in Sierra Leone – has died from…

Calls to scrap ‘immoral’ NHS fee for foreign staff
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Calls to scrap ‘immoral’ NHS fee for foreign staff

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/nov/20/calls-scrap-plans-nhs-fee-foreign-staff-health-surcharge By Denis Campbell and Lisa O’Carroll Exclusive: medical associations say surcharge rise will worsen staffing crisis Boris Johnson’s plans to charge foreign staff who help save British lives £625 a year to use the NHS will worsen its staffing crisis, doctors’ and nurses’ leaders have warned. They have reacted with dismay over the…

Revealed: NHS running short of dozens of lifesaving medicines
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Revealed: NHS running short of dozens of lifesaving medicines

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: By Internal document seen by the Guardian shows low supplies for heart, cancer and anti-epilepsy drugs The NHS is running short of dozens of lifesaving medicines including treatments for cancer, heart conditions and epilepsy, the Guardian has learned. An internal 24-page document circulated to some doctors last Friday from the medicine supply…