NHS England is set to expand the GP workforce with the acceleration of an international recruitment programme, following a series of regional pilots. Working with partners it will start to recruit around 600 overseas doctors into general practice in 2017/18 and aim for a total of at least 2,000 doctors over the next three years. […]
A nationwide pilot to help NHS whistleblowers back into work is being launched today by NHS England. The Whistleblowers Support Scheme will offer a range of services including career coaching, financial advice and mediation for primary care staff who have suffered as a result of raising concerns about NHS practice. Working Transitions has been appointed […]
NHS Digital has today launched its first ever e-nursing week in support of the campaign for a digital-ready workforce. It comes as it also endorses the Royal College of Nursing’s campaign “Every nurse an e-nurse”, and pledges to play a supporting role in realising its ambition. It is estimated that in many settings nurses provide […]
Lessons learned by the NHS from the Manchester and London terror attacks earlier this year will be revealed at Expo 2017. Speaking at Manchester Central, just a mile from the arena where 22 people died and 120 were injured in a bomb blast at the end of an Ariana Grande concert in May, Professor Chris […]
NHS England has today announced that the country’s Chief Nurse, Professor Jane Cummings, will take charge of the London region until a permanent Regional Director is recruited. Anne Rainsberry, the current Regional Director will step down from her role in the autumn, Professor Cummings will lead the London region from 18 September. Jane will continue […]
A doctor who retraced the voyage of Captain Bligh, cast adrift following the infamous Mutiny on the Bounty, is the latest guest speaker to sign up for Expo 2017. Dr Luke Kane, a trainee GP in London, became famous earlier this year after appearing in the Channel 4 documentary “Mutiny” in which a crew of […]
Nine nominees make up the final shortlist for this year’s Kate Granger Compassionate Care Awards. The finalists were selected from 117 entrants in the three award categories. Now in their third year the awards were set up by Kate Granger, the terminally ill doctor who worked tirelessly to raise awareness around compassion in the NHS […]
A resource alert has been issued to support providers to safely manage the transition from the Luer connector to NRFit™ for intrathecal and epidural procedures, and delivery of regional blocks. Resources to support safe transition from the Luer connector to NRFit™ for intrathecal and epidural procedures, and delivery of regional blocks Supporting information for Patient […]
The next steps on the delivery of new ambulance service national standards will be outlined at Expo 2017. The Ambulance Response Programme (ARP), which sees faster response times for the most seriously ill and new response categories aimed at giving better outcomes for patients, was approved by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt in July. England’s 11 […]
Improvements in patient care mean hundreds more people are surviving heart failure, a new independent study has found. A report published today has found that the mortality rate for people admitted to hospital with heart failure has dropped from 9.6 per cent to 8.9 per cent. The reduction in the mortality rate means that in […]