NHS data loss scandal deepens with further 162,000 files missing

NHS data loss scandal deepens with further 162,000 files missing

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/oct/16/nhs-data-loss-scandal-deepens-with-162000-more-files-missing By: ajeev Syal and Denis Campbell Monday 16 October 2017 22.27 BST Revelation that further documents are missing was made at inquiry into disappearance of original 702,000 pieces of paperwork The scandal over the biggest ever loss of NHS medical correspondence has deepened with the revelation that a further 162,000 documents went missing, on top of the 702,000…

Make it easier for foreign doctors to work in Britain, minister told

Make it easier for foreign doctors to work in Britain, minister told

ByMatthew Betteridge

Thia article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/oct/10/gps-should-be-on-list-of-shortage-occupations-royal-college-says By:Denis Campbell, Health policy editor Royal College of GPs urges home secretary to include doctors on list of shortage occupations to help plug gaps in workforce GPs’ leaders are urging ministers to add family doctors to the UK’s list of shortage occupations, to make it easier for overseas doctors to…

Why are so many GPs shutting up shop?

Why are so many GPs shutting up shop?

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/sep/27/gps-surgeries-shutting-brighton-family-doctors By: Tim Friend Brighton and Hove has lost a quarter of its surgeries in two years, as pressure on the primary care sector takes its toll on family doctors across the country A chilly autumn wind is blowing across the Brighton suburb of Woodingdean, tucked into the South Downs on the eastern edge of…

Ministers drop ‘misguided’ plans to privatise NHS Professionals

Ministers drop ‘misguided’ plans to privatise NHS Professionals

ByMatthew Betteridge

Labour welcomes U-turn on sell-off of employment agency that supplies doctors and nurses to hospitals The government has abandoned plans to privatise an NHS employment agency it owns that supplies doctors and nurses to hospitals to ease their understaffing. Labour welcomed what it called “a major U-turn on a misguided policy from a government with no solution…

Refugee doctors to fill Lincolnshire NHS staff shortages

Refugee doctors to fill Lincolnshire NHS staff shortages

ByMatthew Betteridge

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,…