Thousands of frontline health workers and their families will be granted visa extensions, the Home Office has announced. One-year visa extensions will be automatically granted free of charge to eligible
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Around one in five workers at older adult care homes in England have not been given a first dose of coronavirus vaccine, new figures show. The latest data from NHS
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Newcross Healthcare has launched Newcross World, a new app-based training platform with simulated working environments on the healthcare provider’s established HealthForceGo app, currently used by 8,500 staff. The new app
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The welfare of NHS staff must be a priority after the Holyrood election and politicians’ praise for frontline workers will be “empty words” without improvements to the health service, the
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Ethnic minority healthcare workers have been disproportionately affected by the coronavirus pandemic, accounting for 56% of those who have died with the disease. The PA news agency has verified the
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Support for maternity staff throughout the pandemic is “barely scratching the surface”, leading midwives have warned. The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) said it was “easy to see why staff
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England’s chief medical officer has said care home workers have a “professional responsibility” to get a Covid-19 vaccine after he was questioned about the lower uptake of jabs among staff
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Police have arrested two members of staff at a South Devon care home in connection with a Covid-19 outbreak that is believed to have caused multiple deaths. Nine deaths have
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Nearly a quarter of staff at older adult care homes in England have not been given a first dose of coronavirus vaccine, new figures show. The latest data from NHS
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Boris Johnson is facing pressure to increase a proposed pay rise for NHS staff, after more than 150,000 health workers in Scotland have been told their pay packets will be
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