Nick Clegg has told MPs in angry exchanges in the House of Commons that the only privatisation of an NHS hospital has come under Labour. He was speaking about Hinchingbrooke in Cambridgeshire while pointing at the shadow health secretary Andy Burnham. He had been sparring with Harriet Harman at PMQs who claimed the deputy prime minister … [Read more…]
Leading healthcare recruitment company pencilled in to exhibit Innovative recruitment company Total Assist Group will be attending the annual NAMPS conference in London this year. The Romford-based healthcare specialists, who focus on supplying experienced locum doctors and bank nurses for both the NHS and private clinics, will be one of the select businesses exhibiting … [Read more…]
Over the past couple of months, the media hasn’t been shy in flagging up when the NHS appears to be failing. A&E has been one department that has been particularly focused upon, with reams of facts and figures stacking up to paint a poor picture of emergency care. Not only have A&E departments across England … [Read more…]
These days, you can’t open a newspaper or turn on the TV without catching a glimpse of a news story hailing the incredible debts of the NHS and the undoubted financial struggles that lay ahead for our health service; with prominent think tank the King’s Fund even predicting a complete monetary crisis during 2015/16, if … [Read more…]
Acute NHS providers fall short on registered nursing levels More than three quarters of acute NHS trusts have missed their own targets for the number of hours worked by registered nurses at their hospitals. Of 139 trusts, 105 failed to meet targets for the total nursing hours worked during both the day and night on … [Read more…]
Staffing level advice issued to stop compromised care The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has released new guidelines on safe nursing staffing levels, suggesting that having more than eight patients per nurse on a ward during the course of the day should act as a trigger to investigate patient safety. If one … [Read more…]
Boosts in staff searched for overseas A survey by the Health Service Journal has revealed that 53% of NHS organisations believed they didn’t have enough staff, with over half of the senior management looking abroad to fill nurse requirements. 69% of the respondents said nurse staffing levels would be increasing over the course of the … [Read more…]