Patient care in the NHS is suffering due to vacancies in the health service, nurses have said as they called for significant investment in student funding. The Royal College of
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The NHS faces a shortage of 350,000 staff by 2030, with experts warning that the workforce crisis is now a greater threat to services than its financial problems. Three leading
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Families have raised questions over the deaths of 36 people at a trust at the centre of a maternity probe, it has emerged. Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust said it
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Failures to follow guidelines and best practice in hospitals is contributing to incidents of newborn death and brain-damage, a new report claims. The Each Baby Counts study found nearly three
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Fresh concerns have been raised over a nursing shortfall post-Brexit after a new review found that Britain could be left an additional 10,000 nurses short. In England, the latest nursing
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A mother left traumatised by her disabled daughter’s difficult birth has been awarded more than £75,000 in damages by a High Court judge. The woman, who cannot be identified, suffered
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The NHS will adopt a “zero tolerance” approach to violence against its staff, the Health Secretary has announced. Matt Hancock will set out a series of measures to protect workers
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NHS hospitals are “plugging the care gap” with healthcare assistants where they are struggling to recruit nurses, a new report suggests. The document, by BPP University School of Nursing, states
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There have been “savage” cuts to the number of health visitors in England, Labour has warned. New analysis by the party suggests the number of health visitors has been cut
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Staffing levels in the NHS are “inadequate” for patients to be receiving quality care, a major new poll of doctors suggest. A survey of more than 7,800 clinicians from across
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