The Department of Health has announced plans to extensively expand its medical training placements by an extra 1,500 doctors per year by 2020. The plan is being hailed as the “biggest ever” in the health service’s 69 years. The current number of student doctors is said to increase by 25% under the new proposal … [Read more…]
Nearly 2 months after the new reforms of the IR35 legislation went live (see our previous article on IR35 here) clients and contractors are still getting to grips with the new taxation laws. The point of the new changes which were made back in April 2017 was to shift the responsibility of determining how a … [Read more…]
Total Assist Group now offering nursing positions online Exciting healthcare recruitment industry leaders Total Assist Group are now bringing their wide portfolio of division branches online, so that locum staff can apply for opportunities easily and quickly. Already with a well-established and flourishing medical recruitment website, Total Assist Group will be launching a similar website … [Read more…]
68% of workers favour a strike Two thirds of NHS workers under the Unison healthcare union have voted in favour of strike action over pay. 68% of the nurses, healthcare assistants, porters and doctors said they were prepared to strike, whilst 88% voted for industrial action short of a strike. Three other unions – the … [Read more…]
Former chief executive of NHS Employers explains that targets are just the tip of the iceberg Nursing staffing levels have been intensely under the spot light, as acute trusts revealed they had failed to hit targets of hours worked by registered nurses. Undoubtedly, evidence suggests that staffing levels are important to maintaining high levels of … [Read more…]
10% of UK based nurses and midwives come from outside of Europe Nurses and midwives who train in hospitals outside of Europe will face shorter tests to check they are suitable to work in the UK. The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) will replace the minimum three months of supervised practice currently used with a … [Read more…]
Health Service Journal editor says a well staffed ward is no assurance of good healthcare Health Service Journal (HSJ) editor Alastair McLellan believes that the sight of a fully staffed hospital ward could be a “dangerous fallacy” leading to assumptions about good patient care. In the short term, Mr McLellan agrees that boosting nurse recruitment is … [Read more…]
If nurse ratios double, then one extra death could be prevented New research has revealed that the number of nurses available on the weekend affects a patient’s chances of survival after having a stroke. Scientists discovered that the patients admitted to stroke units with the lowest ratio of nurses were most likely to die in … [Read more…]
Sending patients outside of local area impacts on budget NHS mental health trusts have had to reduce beds and staff available to cope with real term funding cuts, contributed to by having to send patients away from home for care. The Health Service Journal investigation of all 57 NHS mental health providers showed a 2.3% … [Read more…]
How much would you pay for a specialist doctor in a short staffed hospital? Locum pay has come under fire this week as a Sky News investigation revealed that a bank nurse had been paid £1,800 to cover the May Day bank holiday this year. However, recruitment experts say locum wages are just the tip … [Read more…]