Cancer patients are too afraid to ask for support because they are worried about adding to the workload of overstretched NHS staff, a charity fears. More than two thirds of
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A growing shortage of skilled children’s palliative care doctors and nurses across England has reached crisis point, a new report from Together for Short Lives reveals. The charity says the
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More than £200 million is lying unused by cash-strapped health trusts in England because of restrictions in the Government’s apprenticeship levy scheme, a study suggests. Unison said figures based on
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A new study released by job board CV-Library, ahead of World Mental Health Day, reveals that 21.5% of social care professionals are too afraid to tell their employer that they’re
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A Tory MP and nurse has warned of the “high vacancy rate” as she called on the Government to establish legally enforceable nursing staffing levels in the NHS in England.
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Public commitment in the NHS risks being put “on the line” without greater transparency about the challenges it faces, a new report warns. Research by NHS Providers, the body representing
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Healthcare workers have a “very strong professional responsibility” to get the winter flu jab, officials have warned, after less than half of staff in some parts of the country were
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Campaigners have said the UK’s immigration system “defies basic common sense” after a young doctor who has spent the majority of her life in the country was asked to leave.
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Care services for more than 300 people and jobs for over 100 staff have been saved in Plymouth after a provider went into voluntary administration. 1st Call Homecare delivered social
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Patient safety is at risk due to a shortage of 40,000 nurses in England, according to a new study. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said the rising rate of
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