Tuesday, 15 March 2016

Hospital staffing crisis as 40% of consultant posts remain vacant

Hospital staffing crisis as 40% of consultant posts remain vacant Royal College of Physicians says ‘gathering storm’ of problems puts health secretary’s seven-day NHS plan at risk.

Hospitals are facing such chronic shortages of medical personnel that 40% of senior doctors’ posts remained vacant, new figures reveal.

Vacancies are so widespread that the government’s push to create a seven-day NHS is at risk, according to the head of the Royal College of Physicians. Continue reading... The Guardian

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