Patients face long waits for scans and X-rays due to a 33% shortfall in the NHS radiology workforce, a royal college is warning. The NHS needs at least another 1,939
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Medics have written a letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson urging him to massively increase investment in NHS staffing. Groups and unions representing NHS workers have said increased demand for
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Thousands of frontline health workers and their families will be granted visa extensions, the Home Office has announced. One-year visa extensions will be automatically granted free of charge to eligible
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Support for maternity staff throughout the pandemic is “barely scratching the surface”, leading midwives have warned. The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) said it was “easy to see why staff
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New immigration rules could worsen staff shortages in the social care sector, the Scottish Government has warned. Health Secretary Jeane Freeman (pictured) has written to the UK Government seeking an
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Nearly two thirds of Scots believe there are not enough nursing staff to provide safe and effective care, according to a new poll. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Scotland
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One in three people in their 50s and 60s feels at a disadvantage when applying for jobs, showing that ageism is having a “profound” effect on older workers, according to
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The Government is launching an urgent campaign to recruit more social care staff in England to fill gaps left by staff forced to self-isolate due to the pandemic. The Department
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One of the UK’s largest care home groups has said it will not hire new staff who have refused to have a coronavirus vaccine on non-medical grounds. Barchester Healthcare, which
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A “total cultural shift” is needed in the care home sector to make it a more decent place to work, according to a new report. The University of the West
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