Health, Nursing News

As the government works to improve the NHS, the demand for skilled healthcare professionals has increased, according too one organisation. Pulse has stated that initiatives, such as the effort to reduce waiting times, have lead to many departments becoming stretched. As a result, demand for both temporary..

It has been predicted that the number of executive jobs available in certain sectors could increase, despite the economic downturn. According to the Association of Executive Search Consultants (AESC) 2009 Member Outlook several industries could strengthen, thus providing opportunities for jobseekers,..

New nurses are being recruited by a hospital in Wales after it was forced to close on several occasions due to staff shortages. The BBC reports that Neath Port Talbot Hospital, which runs a 24-hour local accident centre, had problems due to a lack of doctors. However, the new recruitment drive by the..

Last year's junior doctor crisis is mainly the fault of the government, a new report has suggested. Many UK medical students were left without NHS training positions as competition for the places increases each year and foreign graduates also applied for the posts. However, the government has now changed..

A registered nurse has been cautioned after being found guilty of inappropriate behaviour towards a patient in her care. The Nursing and Midwifery Council made the decision after hearing that Sherril Gurley, employed as a staff nurse at Basildon University Hospital in 2006, had made comments on the..

NHS nurses need more clerical support as they are spending too much time doing tasks that could be carried out by administrators, the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) has said. According to Peter Cullimore, chair of the REC's Nursing and Social Care Sector Group, the support provided by..

Even though the NHS is predicted to have a £2 billion surplus, some specialist nurses in Britain still fear they could be made redundant, a new poll reveals. A survey by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) discovered that one in five nurses who specialise in areas such as diabetes and breast cancer believe..

The bureaucratic burden that has been placed on nurses should be reduced so they can focus more on patient wellbeing, it has been claimed. A survey found that nurses collectively spend as many as 1.6 million hours each week on tasks such as completing, photocopying and filing paperwork, the Daily Express..

The healthcare sector offers some top employment opportunities for graduates, according to a report in the Telegraph. Students who leave university with a degree in medicine or dentistry have the highest rate of employment, the publication states, with 87 and 83 per cent of these graduates going directly..

There have been calls for more investigation into proposals to create polyclinics. Health managers and health minister Lord Darzi back plans to create 'super surgeries', but GPs are opposed to the idea. Polyclinics would not only house family doctors but also facilities for other treatments such as..