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…

Child-size gender neutral uniforms aim to challenge nursing image
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Child-size gender neutral uniforms aim to challenge nursing image

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-46193036 By BBC Health news Primary schoolchildren in Aberdeen and Edinburgh are being given miniature nurse uniforms in a bid to challenge perceptions of the profession. The NHS is concerned typical child costumes – often still featuring a cape and hat – simplify the modern job, and could lead to possible…

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…

Jail sentences for assaults on NHS staff to double, health secretary to announce
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Jail sentences for assaults on NHS staff to double, health secretary to announce

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/10/31/jail-sentences-assaults-nhs-staff-double-health-secretary-announce/ By  Laura Donnelly, health editor at Telegraph UK Jail sentences for those who attack paramedics and casualty nurses are set to double in a bid to tackle record levels of violence against staff. Matt Hancock, Health Secretary, will today announce a “zero tolerance” strategy on violence against NHS staff, as he details…