The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) has reluctantly recommended that nurses remain on the Government’s shortage occupation list (SOL) – while criticising the health sector for failing to maintain a sufficient
Read More
Thousands of NHS doctor and nursing posts are lying vacant, trusts and health boards have said. More than two-thirds of trusts and health boards in the UK are looking to
Read More
Health Education England (HEE) is inviting healthcare employers, nurses, care assistants, health commissioners and other stakeholders to take part in a consultation on the design of a new nursing support
Read More
The number of nurse training places will increase by 10% in 2016-17 as part of an £85m investment package by the Welsh Government in the next generation of healthcare professionals,
Read More
Scotland faces “real challenges” in recruiting GPs over the next decade, the First Minister has acknowledged, as she announced funding of £27 million to train more doctors, nurses and midwives.
Read More
Patients are less likely to die in hospitals where there are more nurses, researchers have suggested as they warned managers not to replace them with less qualified staff. Two new
Read More
Government plans to introduce a new role of nursing associate must provide genuine opportunities to enhance the role of health care assistants (HCAs) but will not solve the fundamental problem
Read More
Scotland’s chief nurse has said she is sorry for causing “upset” to hard-working nurses and midwives after she wrote a message highlighting examples of rude practices by some staff on
Read More
Nurses and midwives from Europe will need to prove they have enough English to practise in the UK under new rules coming into force. From Tuesday, the Nursing and Midwifery
Read More
‘Return to Nursing Practice’ is a campaign launched this week to encourage nurses who have been out of nursing to renew their registration and return to the profession. The campaign
Read More