A last-ditch meeting aiming to prevent around 9,000 nurses from taking the UK’s first 12-hour strike action on Wednesday over pay is due. The unprecedented walkout in Northern Ireland will
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An ex-heroin addict is now working as an NHS nurse after being inspired by the woman who cared for her in hospital. Joanne Hill, 42, started taking drugs as a
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The body of a midwife was found buried in a roadside shallow grave after her killer was spotted by a surveillance team acting suspiciously around 800 metres away, an inquest
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Nurses in Northern Ireland are staging another 48-hour period of industrial action. They are engaging in work-to-rule action, refusing to take on overtime or working unpaid hours. Health workers from
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Around a quarter of UK hospital staff were born abroad, according to new figures showing how immigration has helped stop “almost unimaginable” shortages in the NHS workforce. Around half of
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Industrial action by nurses has paralysed part of the health service in Northern Ireland in a dispute over pay and staffing levels. Thousands of medical surgeries and appointments have been
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The expert behind an investigation into the largest NHS maternity scandal in its history believes it is unlikely the full extent of the failures will ever be known. Writing for
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Jobseekers’ interest in applying for nursing roles has slumped by almost a fifth in the past two years, a new study suggests. Searches for nursing jobs have fallen in some
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The NHS is relying on less qualified staff to plug workforce gaps due to a huge shortage of nurses, a new report says. Support staff, such as healthcare assistants and
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Today the MS Trust launches its #fairMScare campaign, aimed at raising awareness about the desperate shortage of MS nurses in the UK. Latest figures show there are now approximately 130,000
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