Vacancy rates for NHS consultants, nursing and midwifery staff in across Scotland continue to increase, according to new figures. The number of nursing and midwifery posts lying vacant – given
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District nursing services play an important role in helping people to maintain their independence by supporting them to manage long-term conditions and treating acute illnesses – and demand for such
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Patients who need care in their own homes are increasingly faced with “rushed and abrupt” district nurses, a new report suggests. District nurses are having to take a “task-focused” approach
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More than 760 extra full-time staff are expected to be recruited to NHS Scotland in the coming year, according to new figures. Projections drawn up by health boards across the
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A dip in the number of school nurses could be putting vulnerable children at risk, leading nurses have warned. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said that school nurses play
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A potential 100 international nursing contracts will be offered to nurses from the Philippines and Italy to come and work in the Western Trust in Northern Ireland. An acute shortage
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The NHS may lack enough key staff to make a seven-day service work properly, leaked Health Department documents reportedly reveal. The assessments, obtained by The Guardian and Channel 4 News,
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Hospitals in England have been ordered to cut back non-urgent operations and cancel outpatient appointments in the run-up to Christmas in preparation for a possible winter crisis, official documents have
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Patient safety could be at risk because doctors, nurses and dentists from the EU are not facing stringent enough language tests, leading medics have said. In just one year, 29
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The NHS doesn’t have enough nurses, nor are enough being trained to meet future demand. And yet the government has confirmed it is scrapping nursing bursaries, which cover the cost
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