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Royal College of Nursing says services in England will be reduced to “absolute minimum” after government fails to negotiateTens of thousands of nurses will walk out of cancer wards, A&E departments and intensive care units in England for 48 hours n…
More than 500 people in Lostwithiel take part in music video to try to find doctor to join local practicePeople in the beautiful Cornish town of Lostwithiel have turned to song in a desperate effort to recruit a new doctor.More than 500 people, young a…
Half of pharmacists in survey report that patients are asking which items they can ‘do without’Rising numbers of patients in England are failing to collect their medicines or asking pharmacists which ones they can “do without” because they cannot affor…
ONS analysis shows sector accounts for more than one in 10 of job ads posted online in DecemberJob vacancies in the UK have reached a near-record level, due largely to the shortage of nurses, carers and other healthcare staff.According to analysis by t…
RCN says nearly 43,000 nurses in UK have quit early in their careers over past five yearsThe UK’s largest nursing union warned of a workforce “exodus” with tens of thousands of young staff leaving the profession, as NHS bosses backed calls for minister…
Exclusive: Mother of Cameron Whelan developed PTSD after body deteriorated to such an extent relatives were advised not to view itA woman has been paid damages by an NHS trust after developing post-traumatic stress disorder when a mortuary allowed her …
Calls for a ban as health trusts award ‘insourcing’ contracts worth millions to tackle backlogsSome of the country’s most senior NHS clinicians are earning a lucrative sideline running private firms that offer to cut waiting lists at their own hospital…
UK’s biggest nursing union prompts alarm among senior officials by calling on intensive care workers to join walkoutsThe UK’s biggest nursing union is preparing an escalation of its pay dispute with the government that will see members working in emerg…
UK appeal to support rescue efforts raises £50m as self-sufficient polyclinic expected in disaster-struck countryTurkey and Syria earthquake – latest news updatesA field hospital staffed with mostly NHS workers is due to arrive in Turkey this weekend i…
Exclusive: Children as young as three in emergency departments for mental health problems, data obtained by Labour revealsChildren suffering mental health crises spent more than 900,000 hours in A&E in England last year seeking urgent and potential…