Language requirements for foreign nurses to be relaxed amid staffing crisis
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Language requirements for foreign nurses to be relaxed amid staffing crisis

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/english-language-requirement-nurses-lowered-nhs-staffing-crisis-a8645876.html By Shehab Khan Changes intended to ease the ‘significant pressure’ on workforce after figures revealed 42,000 nursing vacancies in England alone The current English language requirements for foreign nurses and midwives is set to be lowered under new proposals from the regulator. The move by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is intended to ease the “significant…

Type 2 diabetes affects 7,000 under-25s in England and Wales
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Type 2 diabetes affects 7,000 under-25s in England and Wales

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-46290849 By BBC Health news There are nearly 7,000 children and young adults under 25 with type 2 diabetes in England and Wales – about 10 times the number reported before, according to Diabetes UK. Its analysis of 2016-17 data found most were being treated in GP practices rather than in…

Rise in prison suicides prompts calls to tackle overcrowding
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Rise in prison suicides prompts calls to tackle overcrowding

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/nov/19/rise-in-prison-suicides-prompts-calls-to-tackle-overcrowding By Ben Quinn Seventy-one inmates have killed themselves in English or Welsh jails so far this year The number of suicides among prisoners this year has already exceeded 2017’s death toll, prompting penal reform campaigners to renew calls for urgent action to tackle overcrowding. The latest suicide, that of a man…

Mental health hospital admissions linked to cocaine use treble in 10 years
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Mental health hospital admissions linked to cocaine use treble in 10 years

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/nov/20/mental-health-hospital-admissions-linked-to-cocaine-use-treble-in-10-years By Sarah Marsh NHS data shows surge in England, with increased availability of drug and government cuts blamed The number of hospital admissions for mental health disorders linked to cocaine use has almost trebled in the past decade, official figures show. NHS Digital data has shown that in England between 2017-18 there…

Vow to train the next generation of working-class doctors
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Vow to train the next generation of working-class doctors

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/nov/17/medical-school-vows-to-train-generation-working-class-doctors-sunderland By Tom White at the Guardian News ‘Insurgent’ Sunderland medical school aims to break class barriers A medical school at the University of Sunderland will be launched next year with the aim of breaking down social barriers to medicine and training a new generation of working-class doctors. The university’s vice chancellor, Sir…