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Leaders urge government to publish long-awaited workforce plan as figures reveal unsustainable pressure on NHSUK politics live – latest updatesHealth leaders have blamed staff shortages for waiting lists reaching another record high, with 7.4 million p…
Health secretary Steve Barclay not confirming when strategy to increase numbers of doctors and nurses will be publishedNHS leaders have raised concerns about the delay to the long-awaited workforce plan, after the health secretary, Steve Barclay, refus…
Staff are being promised up to £4,500 to take up – and stay in – hard-to-fill NHS jobsNurses in parts of England are being offered “golden hellos” of up to £4,500 to work in the NHS – and not quit – amid fierce competition for staff.As the government a…
Exclusive: Sector’s staffing crisis will have knock-on effect on whole NHS system, warns healthcare leaderUK ministers must set out how to recruit and retain thousands more mental health nurses to plug the profession’s biggest staff shortage, healthcar…
BMA says consultant pay has declined by 35% since 2008-9Senior doctors in England are to vote on whether to strike amid the continued row over pay in healthcare, as teachers’ unions also plan to hold a ballot for industrial action.The ballot will open …
Pat Cullen raises stakes in dispute with government after nurses reject earlier offer of 5%The head of the Royal College of Nursing union has called for a double-digit pay rise for nurses in England, raising the stakes in the long-running dispute with …
Up to one in 10 doctors and a third of nurses could be trained through vocational path under NHS workforce planSchool-leavers could receive on-the-job training as part of an attempt to help address NHS workforce shortages, under plans to allow tens of …
Survey finds exhaustion and low morale among school nurses as they face increasingly complex caseloadsSchool nurses’ crucial, underfunded roleThe UK needs at least 11,000 more school nurses to deal with the increasingly complex needs of young people af…
Health secretary now expected to impose two-year deal on members of all 12 unions• UK politics live –latest news updatesThe body that represents more than 1 million NHS staff in England has accepted the government’s improved pay offer, but several unio…
Oliver Dowden says process ‘involved interviewing relevant persons’ but Sue Gray chose not to take partMomentum, the Labour group set up to promote Jeremy Corbyn’s agenda when he was party leader, claims that Keir Starmer could end up like Nick Clegg i…