Major employers such as HSBC and the BBC are to introduce “blind” recruitment of graduates in a bid to curb discrimination against candidates with “ethnic-sounding names”, David Cameron announced. The
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Restrictions on recruiting nurses from overseas have been temporarily lifted to aid recruitment. Nurses will be added to the Government’s Shortage Occupation List, which means nurses from outside the European
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A cap on pay rates for NHS agency workers will be extended within weeks, the Health Secretary has said. Jeremy Hunt told the Commons a maximum shift rate will apply
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NHS hospital chiefs have warned that “stringent” immigration rules are preventing them hiring nurses for the winter. Ten heads of leading NHS trusts have signed a letter urging the Home
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Proposals to cut salary supplements for trainee GPs would have a “catastrophic impact” on recruitment and lead to more pressure on doctors, Jeremy Hunt has been warned. The chairwoman of
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Rogue employers who give jobs to illegal immigrants will be hit with the “full force” of the government machine ministers have warned. Immigration minister James Brokenshire said the Government was
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Scottish Care has published a Supplementary Report to their research report on recruitment and retention, ‘In the Front Line’, which was published in June 2015. This Supplementary Report builds on
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The NHS is facing an almost unprecedented financial challenge this year, and current plans are quite simply unaffordable, a health chief has warned. Foundation trusts have been asked to revisit
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More than 60 per cent of NHS trust finance directors think controls on agency spending announced in June will not significantly reduce the amount spent on agency staff, according to
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The use of temporary agency staff in the NHS is not a new story, but recently re-appeared after Simon Stevens, chief executive of NHS England, admitted that hospitals were over
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