Stephen Nickell, who is on the board of the Office for Budget Responsibility, suggested 35% of ‘health professionals’ came from outside the UK. Recent estimates suggest that over a quarter of all UK consultants are not British nationals but the figure for the total health staff is lower. UKIP said the NHS jobs could be … [Read more…]
In lieu of recent reports claiming the NHS is spending too much on locums and paying GPs excessively for working only weekends, the NHS Grampian has spoken out and defended the NHS’ spending. Between 2013 and 2014, the NHS paid out £6, 618, 431 to locums with the biggest area of spending being specialist eye … [Read more…]
As a child, when your teachers went on strike and your school had to close for the day, you were undoubtedly rubbing your hands together with glee in anticipation of all you could do with an unplanned weekday off. As an adult, tube strikes cause endless grumbling and groaning as commuters across the capital and … [Read more…]