Speech and language therapy (SLT) is an “incredibly rewarding” job despite current challenges around staffing and waiting lists, two senior therapists have said. SLTs offer support to everyone from pre-term
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The chief executive of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT) said it is “alarming” that a survey found almost one in four jobs are vacant across the
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Delays in people leaving hospital in England could be costing an average of £395 per night, according to researchers at a health think tank. The direct costs of delayed discharges
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Unions have said they will pause further strike action by healthcare workers after securing a meeting with Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris over pay. Mr Heaton-Harris and the Department of
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The Government has shed more than three billion items of personal protective equipment (PPE) it bought during the pandemic, figures have shown. Data from the Department of Health and Social
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Kidney patients are not receiving funds they are entitled to which help with the cost of performing treatments at home, a charity has said. Patients whose kidneys are not working
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Investigations into poor maternity care will be transferred to the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the Government has announced. In a written statement, health minister Maria Caulfield said the current maternity
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Many of those who died in the Covid-19 pandemic in Northern Ireland were ultimately victims of the dire state of the region’s health service prior to the pandemic, the chair
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The NHS could make “significant dents” in plugging workforce shortages by working “smarter” and more efficiently, its chief strategy officer has said. Chris Hopson said more staff were needed but
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A review describing a toxic culture of bullying at one of the country’s largest NHS trusts shows its “reluctance to accept criticism”, a health watchdog has said. Rob Behrens (pictured),
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