Waiting times for physiotherapy could worsen because of visa restrictions on workers and uncertainty over Brexit, it is being warned. The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy accused the Government of not
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A major new campaign promoting Wales as a fantastic country for nurses to train, work and live has launched today. The ‘Train / Work / Live in Wales’ campaign starts
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Morale among NHS medics and care workers from the EU has been hit by the uncertainty of Brexit, the Health Select Committee has warned. The MPs said around 150,000 workers
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A new care home for elderly people is to open this month in Jordanstown, Newtownabbey, creating more than 100 new jobs. The 80-bed Wood Green Healthcare centre, just off the
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Women with incurable breast cancer are receiving poor care due to a lack of specialist nurses, according to a new report. A study for Breast Cancer Care found that just
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A growing staffing “crisis” in Scotland’s care homes is hitting provision and contributing to hospital bed blocking, an industry body has warned. New figures released by private and voluntary social
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More than 900 adult social care workers a day left their jobs in England last year, according to a new study. Around 60% of those who quit their jobs left
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The NHS could suffer a nursing shortage of up to 42,000 just six years after Brexit, a leaked Government projection claims. Concerns have been raised about the prediction – a
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New resources are being made available to employers, training providers and employment professionals to help alleviate London’s social care skills shortages from today. Through Ambition London, funded by JP Morgan
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The number of unfilled nursing and midwifery posts has “rocketed” in a five-year period, according to Scottish Labour. Vacancies stood at 661 in December 2011 but rose to 2,525 by
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