Patients and the public are being urged to use NHS services wisely as some nurses walk out across the country this evening. Royal College of Nursing members in more than 100 NHS organisations will take strike action from 8pm tonight until midnight at the end of Monday in the widest nursing strike to face…
We love to celebrate greatness within the business and this month we wanted to identify ‘Heroes’ amongst our candidates. The idea was for each sector to nominate a candidate who stood out for their immense care and incredible hard work. The task for each team was also to identify three…
This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-56936400 By Catrin Nye BBC News Refugee nurses are being fast-tracked into the NHS as part of a pioneering scheme in Liverpool. Those involved explain why the pandemic means it’s vital the UK uses their medical experience. Until last month, Walid Jarad had lived in just two t-shirts…
This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/nov/03/london-hospital-ilford-drops-chemotherapy-nursing-shortage-nhs By Denis Campbell Health policy editor Patients at King George hospital will have to go elsewhere as NHS trust centralises care One of the biggest NHS trusts is to stop providing chemotherapy at one of its hospitals because it has too few specialist cancer nurses to staff the unit. The Cedar Centre at…
This article was taken from: https://news.sky.com/story/nhs-funding-to-focus-on-cancer-and-mental-health-11423284 By Paul Kelso, health correspondent With vacancies for up to 100,000 doctors and nurses, recruitment will be key to improving outcomes, NHS England’s head warns. The NHS needs to recruit thousands of nurses and doctors to help improve outcomes in cancer care and mental health provision, NHS England’s chief executive…