NHS trusts have come under fire for posting job adverts for midwives committed to “normal birth” – just over a week after a highly damning report into baby and mother
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Ministers are not meeting their commitments to improve cancer care in England, a new report has concluded. Experts advising MPs on the Health and Social Care Committee examined the pledges
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MPs have rejected proposals aimed at improving workforce planning in health and social care in England. The Commons voted 249 to 167, majority 82, to reject a Lords amendment to
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The past two years have seen unprecedented challenges for the care sector, from the impact of COVID-19, to recruitment and retention challenges, and evolving government policy. Dave Griffiths, Programme Head
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Scotland’s national ambulance provider has taken on 21 new mental health staff members to bolster its services. The recruitment drive has been supported by the Scottish Government’s funding of £1.6
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The Government has said it is on track to recruit 50,000 more nurses in the NHS by 2024, though the claim has been called into question by a union. A
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Peers have thrown down the gauntlet to the Government in demanding better workforce planning in health and social care, amid warnings of a staffing crisis. Inflicting a defeat on the
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There are not enough specially trained doctors to look after an ageing population, leading medics have warned. The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) said the NHS is “woefully underprepared” to
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The health service is calling on people to sign up as an “NHS reservist” to help bolster staff numbers and tackle the backlog of care. The new programme is not
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The social care sector could face extra pressure from the “unmet need” of people who avoided such services during the first and second waves of the pandemic, a report has
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