Britain’s top nurse Janet Davies speaks out as it emerges the health service faces an “unprecedented” crisis Large numbers of NHS nurses are quitting because of staff shortages and poor pay, it is claimed today. Britain’s top nurse Janet Davies spoke out as it emerged the health service faced an “unprecedented” crisis with the number of unfilled…
Disease, which causes crippling pain and can lead to infertility, affects 176 million women worldwide and currently takes seven to eight years to diagnose Years of pain, but no diagnosis: one woman’s experience of endometriosis Doctors are being advised to listen to what women tell them about crippling pelvic and period pain and look out…
Refugee doctors are to be retrained to work in the NHS in Lincolnshire to help tackle staff shortages. The Lincolnshire Refugee Doctor Project said it hoped to train up to 10 medics in the first recruitment phase. They would be given the language help and professional mentoring required for them to work in the NHS,…
Medics say seven years of restrictions have resulted in real-terms cuts of 14% amid news that the government could lift limit. Thousands of nurses are expected to call on the Government to end the 1% cap on public sector pay at a demonstration in Parliament Square later. The protest is the culmination of a summer…
Ministers are considering putting London’s army of nurses first in the queue for higher pay when the cap on public sector awards is eased, sources revealed today. They are looking into whether a regional pay boost would help major hospitals and other public bodies that cannot fill posts because of the higher costs of living in the…