Monday, 17 December 2018
Inspire, attract and recruit: an interactive toolkit to support your workforce supply
Inspire, attract and recruit: an interactive toolkit to support your workforce supply This toolkit provides guidance, good practice, checklists, top tips, questions and leading examples from across the NHS, to help employers take stock of what may need to be done to sustain a workforce pipeline. It aims to provide practical information on understanding audiences, how to attract the right people and ensuring employees have the best on-boarding experience. NHS Employers
Review into denial of NHS care to overseas patients kept secret by government
Review into denial of NHS care to overseas patients kept secret by government Ministers are keeping secret a review that appears to expose how overseas patients are being wrongly denied NHS treatment after being told to pay upfront charges, The Independent can reveal.
Care has not been “safely withheld” when payment is not provided in some cases, after the controversial rules were introduced last year, a brief statement on the report’s conclusions suggests.
The Department of Health and Social Care admitted some NHS trusts are failing to “ensure some groups of vulnerable overseas visitors understand their entitlements and treatment options”.
Care has not been “safely withheld” when payment is not provided in some cases, after the controversial rules were introduced last year, a brief statement on the report’s conclusions suggests.
The Department of Health and Social Care admitted some NHS trusts are failing to “ensure some groups of vulnerable overseas visitors understand their entitlements and treatment options”.
Long-term plan for NHS funding delayed amid Brexit chaos
Long-term plan for NHS funding delayed amid Brexit chaos Document setting out how £20.5bn budget increase will be spent has been postponed until January
The government’s chaos over Brexit has forced NHS leaders to delay publication of the health service’s long-term plan.
The document, which will set out how the NHS in England will spend the £20.5bn budget increase Theresa May has promised, was due to come out early next week, but that has been postponed until January. The Guardian
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The government’s chaos over Brexit has forced NHS leaders to delay publication of the health service’s long-term plan.
The document, which will set out how the NHS in England will spend the £20.5bn budget increase Theresa May has promised, was due to come out early next week, but that has been postponed until January. The Guardian
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Private consultants paid at least £26m in NHS shake-up
Private consultants paid at least £26m in NHS shake-up BMA calls it ‘unacceptable’ to see so much money ‘flowing away from patient care’
Private consultants have been paid at least £26m as part of the reorganisation of the NHS, in what the doctors’ union described as an “unacceptable” transfer of money away from patient care.
They include some of the world’s biggest consultancy companies, which have been tasked with projects looking at such things as “reviewing demand and capacity” and “supporting sustainability”. The Guardian
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Private consultants have been paid at least £26m as part of the reorganisation of the NHS, in what the doctors’ union described as an “unacceptable” transfer of money away from patient care.
They include some of the world’s biggest consultancy companies, which have been tasked with projects looking at such things as “reviewing demand and capacity” and “supporting sustainability”. The Guardian
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- Taking the biscuit British Medical Association
NHS to offer mature students £5k to become mental health nurses
NHS to offer mature students £5k to become mental health nurses Effort to tackle severe staff shortages criticised as a ‘drop in the ocean’
The NHS will offer mature students a £5,000 bonus to become mental health or learning disability nurses as part of its forthcoming long term plan, the Guardian can reveal.
The payments are designed to tackle severe nursing shortages in two areas that NHS bosses and ministers have agreed are key priorities in which care needs to be significantly improved. The Guardian
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The NHS will offer mature students a £5,000 bonus to become mental health or learning disability nurses as part of its forthcoming long term plan, the Guardian can reveal.
The payments are designed to tackle severe nursing shortages in two areas that NHS bosses and ministers have agreed are key priorities in which care needs to be significantly improved. The Guardian
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- NHS to offer mature students £5k to become mental health nurses The Daily Telegraph
Evening and weekend GP appointments rolled out across England, NHS announces
Evening and weekend GP appointments rolled out across England, NHS announces Evening and weekend GP appointments have now been rolled out across England, health bosses have announced.
NHS England said that an estimated nine million extra appointments per year are now available to patients outside of normal working hours.
The extended access available from today means people will be able to see a doctor, nurse or other member of a practice team during evenings and weekends.
NHS England said the service has arrived three months ahead of schedule and will help ease pressure on the health service during the winter period. The Daily Telegraph
NHS England said that an estimated nine million extra appointments per year are now available to patients outside of normal working hours.
The extended access available from today means people will be able to see a doctor, nurse or other member of a practice team during evenings and weekends.
NHS England said the service has arrived three months ahead of schedule and will help ease pressure on the health service during the winter period. The Daily Telegraph
Diabetes epidemic toll revealed as number of limbs cut off due to condition soars to record levels
Diabetes epidemic toll revealed as number of limbs cut off due to condition soars to record levels The number of foot and leg amputations linked to diabetes has risen almost 20 per cent in only four years, according to Public Health England. Robert Carew Hunt, 69, had his left foot amputated in 2015. The Daily Mail
'Deeply concerning' figures show a 50% rise in the number of Down's syndrome abortions
'Deeply concerning' figures show a 50% rise in the number of Down's syndrome abortions The campaign group Don't Screen Us Out fears the NHS use of 99 per cent accurate, low-risk prenatal testing for Down's syndrome will increase the number of babies aborted because of it. The Daily Mail
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