International healthcare workers should have their visas automatically renewed for free to ensure they can help tackle the UK’s second wave of coronavirus, the British Medical Association (BMA) has said.
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A shortage of nurses in Northern Ireland presents a “major barrier” to restarting health services, surgeons said. Eight in 10 are concerned about lack of staff while patients deteriorate in
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Rapidly expanding home care provider, Cera Care, has announced the acquisition of Mears Care Scotland. The deal will see Mears Groups domiciliary care arm in Scotland integrated into Cera Care
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There is an “emerging crisis in nursing”, MPs have warned, after a report highlighted high vacancy rates across England and increased levels of burnout among nurses. The Public Accounts Committee
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Thousands of international nurses are reportedly lined up to join the NHS as England’s chief nurse outlined plans to spend up to £180 million to boost numbers ahead of a
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The UK Government is being urged to “do the right thing” and make care workers from outside the UK eligible for visas. Scottish ministers said they were “dismayed” that their
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Low pay and a lack of career benefits are leading to “generations of much-needed talent” being lost from staff working to educate and support society’s youngest children, according to a
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People will be advised to take a twirl or pick up the gardening gloves in a bid to combat loneliness and isolation fuelled by the coronavirus crisis. The NHS is
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Scotland’s care watchdog was warned more than 170 times about staff shortages at care homes amid the coronavirus crisis, an investigation has found. BBC Scotland’s Disclosure programme discovered that between
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As part of a wider plan to attract more staff into the adult social care sector, the Department of Health and Social Care has announced a new national recruitment campaign
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