Hospital nurses are having to take on catering duties because of “extreme” staffing issues. The move at Portree Hospital on Skye has been branded “completely inappropriate” and raised fears over
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Leaders of more than a million health workers have submitted an above inflation pay claim directly to the Government, ramping up pressure for an end to years of wage austerity.
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Two thousand nurses are expected to hold a demonstration over pay in Parliament Square today. Beginning immediately after the first Prime Minister’s Questions of the new parliamentary year, the rally
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Unqualified support workers are practising in the NHS with job titles that describe them as nurses with advanced skills, experts have warned. A new study found that thousands of nursing
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A projected rise in the number of nursing and midwifery staff working in Scotland’s NHS is not enough to keep pace with increasing patient demand, a representative body has warned.
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An NHS hospital nurse who supplied drugs to a pensioner has been jailed for what a judge called “despicable” crimes. Sarah Papachristophorou (pictured) admitted supplying substances to the 77-year-old victim
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Patients are being put at higher risk of dying in hospitals where lower staffing levels of registered nurses are leading to incomplete care, a new study has found. Jane Ball,
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Staff shortages forced closures at a quarter of children’s wards and more than 40% of baby units at Scottish hospitals, new research has found. A total of 25% of paediatric
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An NHS expansion plan for mental health services will see thousands of new posts created, the Government has said. Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said the aim was to treat an
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Nurses are to step up their campaign for the Government to end the cap on public sector pay as new figures reveal that the number of experienced nurses leaving the
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