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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…
This article was taken from: https://www.england.nhs.uk/2023/01/nhs-reminds-patients-to-attend-appointments-and-seek-urgent-care-as-needed-during-latest-strike/ By NHS England The NHS is asking patients to seek urgent care if they need it during industrial action this week and continue to attend appointments as planned unless contacted to rearrange. Patients should use…
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.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/07/09/nurses-will-offered-supermarket-discounts-persuade-stay-nhs/ By Laura Donnelly, health editor Nurses will be offered supermarket discounts and cheap gym membership as part of efforts to persuade workers stay in the NHS, health chiefs will say. Simon Stevens, head of the health service, will call for the wider rollout of schemes which have given staff savings of…
This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/feb/17/nhs-staff-quit-record-numbers-work-life-balance By Denis Campbell Health Policy Editor at the Guardian News Number of nurses leaving the service almost triples – at a time of more than 40,000 nursing vacancies Record numbers of burned-out NHS staff are quitting because they are fed up with spending too much time at work and not enough with…