Thousands more mental health workers are to be recruited by the NHS in England, the health secretary has said. The plans involve increasing the number of trained nurses, therapists and other mental health professionals. Jeremy Hunt said it was time to end the “historic imbalance” between mental and physical health services. But Labour says the…
NHS England has launched a ten-point action plan to boost the general practice nurse workforce. The £15m scheme, first pledged in last year’s GP Forward View, will see four regional general practice nurse delivery boards set up to roll out the ten measures. These include raising the profile of general practice as a workplace for…
‘It is totally unacceptable that proposals of this scale are shrouded in such secrecy’ Doctors have warned that plans for “brutal ” NHS cuts are shrouded in secrecy and will cause uproar once revealed. The British Medical Association (BMA) says health service leaders have refused to publish details of the proposals that could extend waiting times, reduce…
Nurses could train to become doctors by doing “part-time degrees” under radical proposals to increase the number of medics. Health officials on Wednesday said they were looking at ways to encourage nurses, pharmacists, and physios to train to become doctors while they earned. Professor Ian Cumming, head of Health Education England, said “the concept of…