GPs call for end of the 10-minute consultation amid warnings slots among shortest in western world
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GPs call for end of the 10-minute consultation amid warnings slots among shortest in western world

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://apple.news/A61hB0fj8Qa2-WlyWZ6ZQvw By Laura Donnelly GPs are calling for an end to the 10-minute consultation, amid warnings that the UK has some of the shortest appointments in the western world. The Royal College of GPs said the current system was “unfit for purpose” with patients too often attempting to explain multiple…

NHS England loses 6,000 mental health nurses in 10 years
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NHS England loses 6,000 mental health nurses in 10 years

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This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/may/19/mental-health-nursing-numbers-6000-fall-nhs-england By Michael Savage Recruitment and training crisis ‘hits the most vulnerable in society’, says Royal College of Nursing The number of mental health nurses in England has slumped by more than a tenth over the past decade, new figures have revealed. This is despite commitments from both Theresa May and her…

Number of NHS staff leaving for a better work/life balance triples
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Number of NHS staff leaving for a better work/life balance triples

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This article was taken from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/03/27/number-nhs-staff-leaving-better-worklife-balance-triples/ By Laura Donnelly, health editor The number of NHS staff quitting over long hours has tripled in six years, new figures show. Nurse leaders said patient care was being “routinely compromised by chronic staff shortages” which were set to worsen, unless action is taken. The NHS figures show that more than 200,000…

Hospital bosses told to get on a plane and find more foreign nurses to work in the NHS
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Hospital bosses told to get on a plane and find more foreign nurses to work in the NHS

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/03/23/hospital-bosses-told-get-plane-find-foreign-nurses-work-nhs/ By Henry Bodkin  Hospital bosses should personally fly to low and middle income countries in a bid to recruit more foreign nurses to work in the NHS, policy experts have said. Richard Murray, chief executive of the King’s Fund, said delegating hiring to private agencies risked Britain losing the “international competition”…

Almost 1,000 elderly people a day needlessly admitted to hospital amid social care crisis
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Almost 1,000 elderly people a day needlessly admitted to hospital amid social care crisis

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This article was taken from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/09/04/almost-1000-elderly-people-day-needlessly-admitted-hospital/ By Olivia Rudgard, social affairs correspondent Almost 1,000 elderly people a day are being admitted to hospital needlessly amid a crisis in social care, Age UK has found. Analysis of NHS figures by the charity found that there were 341,074 avoidable emergency admissions for people aged 65 and over during the year…