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 serious shortage of paediatricians and concerns over Brexit are putting children’s health services at risk, a Royal College has warned. Hospital inpatient units for children and neonatal units across
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Low-paid nurses and porters are being charged “extortionate” fees of almost £90 a month to use hospital car parks, a new study reveals. Research by Unison showed that many NHS
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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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Nurses are starting to vote on whether they want to take industrial action in protest at a continuing cap on their pay. Around 270,000 members of the Royal College of
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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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Ministers should review pay policy for NHS staff and the impact it has on workforce morale, peers have said. A new report from the House of Lords Select Committee on
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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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