NHS England has officially scrapped the ‘golden handshake’ GP recruitment scheme, citing a ‘need to prioritise budgets’. The Targeted Enhanced Recruitment … Read More “GP golden handshake scrapped”
The NHS in England has today launched its first-ever awareness campaign to highlight the benefits of screening and encourage more … Read More “NHS launches first-ever breast screening campaign”
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) says figures show a continued trend of longer life expectancy for men and women. … Read More “UK men and women can expect to live longer”
The overall backlog has dropped again from 7.48 million to 7.46 million, while the estimated number of patients waiting is … Read More “Waiting list falls”
Core Competency #38 – Social services Establishes effective relationships between the practice and social care agencies to secure channels of … Read More “My Competencies”
Inspection reports for 14 GP practices have been delayed by months due to IT failures, the CQC has confirmed, following … Read More “CQC IT failure significantly delayed inspection”
Data published today by the NHS shows that 961 patients a day were in hospital with norovirus last week, up … Read More “Busiest week for hospitals this winter”
Thirty-five-year-old Jessie spent 550 days in Northampton General Hospital. For nearly all that time, she was medically fit to leave … Read More “Woman stuck for 18 months on an NHS ward”
The NHS has taken the decision to publish the report in full in line with the wishes of the families … Read More “Independent mental health homicide report”
Core Competency #37 – Community nursing Establishes effective relationships between junior staff and community nurses to secure channels of communication. … Read More “My Competencies”