NHS staff shortages could triple in a decade, think tanks warn
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NHS staff shortages could triple in a decade, think tanks warn

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/11/15/nhs-staff-shortages-could-triple-decade-think-tanks-warn/ By BBC Health news NHS staff shortages could triple in a decade, without a radical boost to recruitment efforts, major thinktanks have warned. Analysis by the King’s Fund, the Health Foundation and the Nuffield Trust suggests the health service could be short of more than 350,000 staff if it continues…

London hospital drops chemotherapy due to nursing shortage
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London hospital drops chemotherapy due to nursing shortage

Byangie vallejo

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…

Round-up of last month’s main workforce and policy news affecting UK nurses
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Round-up of last month’s main workforce and policy news affecting UK nurses

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/workforce/news-round-up-catch-up-on-aprils-top-nursing-stories/7024348.article By STEVE FORD Drop in EU nurses continues, driving NMC register decline The fall in the number of nurses and midwives registered to practise in the UK is continuing to fall, with new figures showing the Nursing and Midwifery Councils register has shrunk by around 500 over the past 12 months….

NHS bursary for student nurses and midwives will continue in Wales
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NHS bursary for student nurses and midwives will continue in Wales

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: http://www.itv.com/news/wales/2018-04-23/nhs-bursary-for-student-nurses-and-midwives-will-continue-in-wales/ By ITV News Student nurses, midwives and allied health professionals, (including those who rehabilitate people with disabilities or special needs) will still be able to apply for bursaries in Wales if they are starting their studies in September 2019. The incoming students must commit to working in Wales for up…

Our disappearing NHS community nurses – the huge fall in staff caring for our most vulnerable
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Our disappearing NHS community nurses – the huge fall in staff caring for our most vulnerable

ByMatthew Betteridge

This artcile was taken from:  https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/disappearing-nhs-community-nurses-huge-14299639 By David Ottewell Exclusive figures have revealed a steep drop in the number of community nurses The number of NHS community health nurses has been cut by more than 600 in the North-east since the Conservatives came to power. There were 3,011 full-time equivalent community nursing roles in the region…