The Government has been urged to address the “untenable” staffing shortage in the NHS, as figures reveal some trusts are relying on agency staff for months on end. At least
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Hundreds of thousands of young children are at risk of falling behind before they start school because they do not have access to specially qualified early years workers, according to
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Care workers must be prioritised under new migration rules to stop a post-Brexit shortfall in provision that would leave women quitting work to look after elderly relatives, according to a
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A new project to help the social care sector in Wales plan its workforce requirements post-Brexit has been announced by the Welsh Government. £200,000 has been allocated from the Welsh
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Nursing vacancies are one of the “biggest threats” facing the health service, a leading think tank has warned. One in 10 nursing posts are unfilled, the Health Foundation said. The
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Hundreds of new mental health workers will be trained up and introduced to schools from next year to help boost young people’s wellbeing. Seven universities and colleges will offer education
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Applications to nursing courses have dropped by a third in the two years since bursaries for students were axed, figures show. The number of people in England applying to begin
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NHS nurses “don’t feel able to provide the level of care they should be” due to low staffing numbers, leading nurses have warned. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said
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Almost three quarters of specialist breast cancer nurses in Wales are aged 50 or over so many could retire in the next decade, a charity has warned. Macmillan Cancer Support
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Nearly every GP surgery in England is short of a family doctor, a leading medic has warned. Professor Helen Stokes-Lampard said there is a “crisis” in the GP workforce. Many
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