Mental health care crisis looming because trainee nurses are being driven away by bursary cuts, MPs warn

Mental health care crisis looming because trainee nurses are being driven away by bursary cuts, MPs warn

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/mental-health-care-crisis-trainee-nurses-bursary-cuts-staffing-recruitment-support-quality-a8177981.html By Alex Matthews-King Health Correspondent Specialist training programmes being closed down because of a lack of graduates The crisis in mental health services is likely to be made worse because of a collapse in trainee nurses following the Government’s decision to scrap bursaries for nursing students last year, MPs have warned. In a report…

Doctors blocked by ‘arbitrary’ visa rules from taking up NHS jobs

Doctors blocked by ‘arbitrary’ visa rules from taking up NHS jobs

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: https://news.sky.com/story/doctors-blocked-by-arbitrary-visa-rules-from-taking-up-nhs-jobs-11222690 By Paul Kelso, Health Correspondent Clinicians, hospital trusts and recruitment agencies say rules are preventing the NHS filling thousands of vacant doctors posts. Fully-qualified foreign doctors are being prevented from taking up NHS jobs because of “arbitrary” visa rules which critics say are exacerbating the crisis in the health service….

NHS urged to act more quickly to stop elderly patients going blind

NHS urged to act more quickly to stop elderly patients going blind

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/01/23/nhs-urged-act-quickly-stop-elderly-patients-going-blind/ By: Laura Donnelly, health editor  Thousands of elderly patients are being left at risk of blindness because the NHS is too slow to prescribe drugs which could save their sight, experts have warned. New guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) today say patients suffering from age-related macular…

Mental health still losing out in NHS funding, report finds

Mental health still losing out in NHS funding, report finds

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jan/16/mental-health-still-losing-out-in-nhs-funding-report-finds By Denis Campbell Health policy editor King’s Fund says physical health services are still getting bigger budgets, five years after ministers promised ‘parity of esteem’ Mental health care providers continue to receive far smaller budget increases than hospitals, five years after ministers pledged to create “parity of esteem” between NHS mental and…

Mental health trusts struggling with staffing ‘on a daily basis’

Mental health trusts struggling with staffing ‘on a daily basis’

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/workforce/mental-health-trusts-struggling-with-staffing-on-a-daily-basis/7022819.article By NICOLA MERRIFIELDDeputy news editor NHS mental health trusts are struggling to staff services on a daily basis, with some regularly resorting to using healthcare assistants in place of registered nurses, a new report by a think-tank has found. The King’s Fund think-tank said the lack of available mental health staff…