Universities warned Cameron in 2011 that trainee cuts would cause nursing shortage
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Universities warned Cameron in 2011 that trainee cuts would cause nursing shortage

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To read more click on the link: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2019/dec/03/universities-warned-cameron-2011-trainee-cuts-nursing-shortage By Anna Fazackerley Ministers turned down pleas over many years and instead predicted over-supply of British nurses Universities warned the government for years that they needed to train more nurses to avert a staffing crisis – but ministers repeatedly refused, saying nurses would end up unemployed, letters…

Lib Dems promise to make protective HIV drug more accessible
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Lib Dems promise to make protective HIV drug more accessible

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/dec/02/lib-dems-promise-to-make-protective-hiv-drug-more-accessible By Sarah Boseley Health editor The party pledges to make PrEP available for free to all those whose partners have HIV Everyone in the UK who is at risk of HIV infection will be able to get the drugs that can keep them safe if the Liberal Democrats come to power, the…

New NHS plans could mean average wait of eight and a half weeks
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New NHS plans could mean average wait of eight and a half weeks

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This article was taken from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/11/26/new-nhs-plans-could-mean-average-wait-eight-half-weeks/ By Laura Donnelly, health editor Patients waiting for NHS surgery should receive treatment in eight and a half weeks, on average, under NHS proposals, documents suggest. Experts said that if the changes go ahead, it would mean slightly longer waiting times than under today’s targets. Under the current measures, 92…

Calls to scrap ‘immoral’ NHS fee for foreign staff
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Calls to scrap ‘immoral’ NHS fee for foreign staff

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This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/nov/20/calls-scrap-plans-nhs-fee-foreign-staff-health-surcharge By Denis Campbell and Lisa O’Carroll Exclusive: medical associations say surcharge rise will worsen staffing crisis Boris Johnson’s plans to charge foreign staff who help save British lives £625 a year to use the NHS will worsen its staffing crisis, doctors’ and nurses’ leaders have warned. They have reacted with dismay over the…

NHS to pay doctors’ tax bills in attempt to avert a winter crisis
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NHS to pay doctors’ tax bills in attempt to avert a winter crisis

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/11/18/nhs-pay-doctors-tax-bills-attempt-avert-winter-crisis/ By Laura Donnelly, health editor Doctors will have their tax bills paid by the NHS in a bid to avert a winter crisis caused by understaffing. Thousands of medics will be offered an emergency deal, amid growing concern about the number of consultants refusing to work overtime because they are…