Cygnet Sherwood Hospital Build Gets Underway
WORK has begun on a new purpose built facility in Mansfield to support men and women who are struggling with their mental health. The state…
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Hospitals
Sunak Proposes to Fine Patients for Missed Appointments
Rishi Sunak has pledged to introduce fines for patients who miss GP and hospital appointments as part of a shake-up of the NHS. The former…
Read more...New Analysis Reveals Future NHS Beds Shortage
With England having fewer beds per person than comparable countries, new analysis raises big questions for incoming government over where investment should go to alleviate…
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Plan for Digital Health and Social Care Will Help Alleviate Staffing Pressures Across the NHS
The Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) has welcomed the plan for digital health and social care announced today by the Department for Health and…
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Stop Social Care From Being the Bottleneck
AMBULANCES and their patients are queuing outside hospitals because there is no social care to allow beds to be freed up, it was said today….
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Safe Staffing Timetable Published Following RCN Pressure
Pressure from the Royal College of Nursing has led to the Scottish government publishing a timetable for the implementation of Scotland’s safe staffing legislation. The…
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“Long-Overdue” Pay Award Offered for NHS Nursing Staff in Scotland
Nursing staff working in the NHS in Scotland have been offered a 5% pay increase for 2022-23. The offer by the Scottish government follows inconclusive…
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Health and Care Staff Honoured in NHS Parliamentary Awards
Nurses, midwives, doctors, vaccination teams and domestic staff are among those celebrated in a prestigious competition to mark the NHS’s 74 birthday, as the NHS…
Read more...Report Lays Bare the Impact of Staff Shortages on Patient Care – National Workforce Plan Now Needed
Responding to new findings released today from the Royal College of Nursing on the impact of nursing staff shortages, Dr Layla McCay, director of policy…
Read more...Nursing Leader Warns of a Risk to Patients as Nurses’ Concerns Reach New High
New findings from the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) released today for the start of its annual conference shine a light on the impact of…
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New Report Shows 13,000 Staffed Beds Required Across the NHS to Drive Meaningful Change and Improvement
A new report by The Royal College of Emergency Medicine ‘Beds in the NHS’ shows that 13,000 staffed beds are required in the NHS across…
Read more...Record Staffing Claim from Government Ignores Record Vacancies and Plummeting Numbers in General Practice, says BMA
Responding to the Department of Health and Social Care announcement about record numbers of doctors and nurses in the NHS, Dr David Wrigley, BMA council…
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Jubilee Grant to Fund Art Exhibition at Essex Psychiatric Hospital
The “frightening childhood ordeal” of being a war evacuee during World War II has been captured in an artwork which is set to be showcased…
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New Research Found 40% of All Unplanned Hospital Admissions for People Living With Dementia Happened in the Last Year of Life
New research from King’s College London found that people living with dementia experience higher levels of unplanned hospitals admissions towards the end of life after…
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RCN Celebrates the #BestOfNursing for Nurses’ Day 2022
Today is Nurses’ Day, an annual celebration of the nursing profession, held on 12 May, Florence Nightingale’s birthday. This year, The Royal; College of Nusring…
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