Three-quarters of NHS hospitals in England are not safe enough, inspectors have found. Some 13% of hospitals are “inadequate” for safety while 61% “require improvement”, according to a study from
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Skills for Health (SfH) has published the second in its Working Paper series, analysing what needs to be done to create a high quality sustainable support workforce in the UK’s
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A cap on pay rates for NHS agency workers will be extended within weeks, the Health Secretary has said. Jeremy Hunt told the Commons a maximum shift rate will apply
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Scotland’s 1980s “Trainspotting generation” has driven drug-related hospital admissions to a record high while illnesses linked to long-term alcohol abuse are also on the rise, official figures show. Hospital stays
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Mental health services are turning away one in five children who are referred to them for treatment, including youngsters who have been abused and neglected, a charity has found. The
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Jurors have been chosen in the trial of two nurses accused of neglecting vulnerable patients. Claire Cahill, 42, and Jade Pugh, are on trial at Cardiff Crown Court amid allegations
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Operating theatres have been compared to “an old boys’ club” by one of Britain’s leading female surgeons. Jyoti Shah, a consultant urological surgeon at Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, called
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The deadline for people to make a claim if they believe their ongoing care should have been funded by the Welsh NHS is being extended. Continuing healthcare is a package
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A “wait and see” culture in the NHS over the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) is damaging patient care, a charity has warned. The MS Society said a “paradigm shift”
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Fiona McQueen, Chief Nursing Officer, Scottish Government and Karen Reid, Chief Executive, Care Inspectorate have written to all service providers to raise awareness of the forthcoming changes to the re-registration
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