Learning disability care could return to ‘Victorian era’ because of nurse training cuts, experts warn
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Learning disability care could return to ‘Victorian era’ because of nurse training cuts, experts warn

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This article was taken from: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/learning-disability-nurse-training-bursary-nhs-cuts-tory-austerity-a8491681.html By Alex Matthews-King Health correspondent ‘Bleak image that is not what care should look like in the 21st century,’ says Royal College of Nursing The NHS is facing a return to the “Victorian era” when it comes to learning disability care because of a critical shortage of specialist nurses made worse by Tory cuts to student bursaries, experts…

Anger and confusion as ‘complex’ NHS pay deal disappoints staff
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Anger and confusion as ‘complex’ NHS pay deal disappoints staff

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This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/aug/04/nhs-pay-deal-angers-some-staff By Michael Savage Workers across service complain they have not had promised wage rises and GMB calls for talks to be reopened Some NHS staff have been angered by the recent pay deal for more than a million workers, complaining that they are not receiving the increases they had been promised. One…

Fears for NHS as apprenticeships fail to plug gaps left by Brexit brain drain
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Fears for NHS as apprenticeships fail to plug gaps left by Brexit brain drain

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This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/aug/04/nursing-shortfall-apprenticeships-brexit-nhs-eu By Toby Helm Political Editor The promise was 1,000 trainee nurses a year, but data shows a serious shortfall for registered and nursing associate programmes The total number of people starting NHS apprenticeships has fallen by more than a third in the past three years, raising new concerns about shortages of…

NHS in England facing deepening staffing crisis, figures show
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NHS in England facing deepening staffing crisis, figures show

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This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jul/26/nhs-in-england-facing-deepening-staffing-crisis-figures-show By Denis Campbell Health policy editor Vacancies for doctors, nurses, midwives and therapists at highest level for three years The NHS is facing a deepening staffing crisis as hospitals report growing shortages of doctors, nurses, midwives and therapists, official figures have revealed. Vacancies across the NHS in England for those key groups of health…

Elderly people turned away from care homes with spare beds because of staff shortages
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Elderly people turned away from care homes with spare beds because of staff shortages

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This article was taken from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/07/24/elderly-people-turned-away-care-homes-spare-beds-staff-shortages/ By Olivia Rudgard, social affairs correspondent Elderly people are being turned away from care homes with spare beds because of staff shortages, analysis suggests. Research by analysts Laing Buisson found that the care home system was not as full as previously thought. Previous studies have warned that high levels of care home…