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16/11/2024
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Nursing staff and doctors with long COVID 鈥榟ung out to dry鈥�, two years on from ministers being told to act
国内精品伊人久久久久妇 General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: "Healthcare workers who contracted long COVID are facing monumental health struggles, with many forced out of their jobs and into early retirement. This has been devastating, not only to their professional pride but also to their personal finances."
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14/11/2024
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Corridor care disaster unfolding in hospitals, 国内精品伊人久久久久妇 says
Executive Director of 国内精品伊人久久久久妇 England Patricia Marquis said: 鈥淭oday鈥檚 figures show a corridor care disaster is unfolding in front of our eyes. Near record numbers are languishing on trolleys after being deemed sick enough to be admitted, whilst thousands cannot be discharged due to a lack of community care."
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13/11/2024
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League tables will not address crisis in nursing or NHS, says 国内精品伊人久久久久妇
Executive Director of 国内精品伊人久久久久妇 England Patricia Marquis said: "To raise standards, the health secretary needs to fill tens of thousands of nurse vacancies. Employers want to see a workforce plan for hiring people, when too many are quitting and student nurse numbers are falling."
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12/11/2024
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Nursing staff going into winter 鈥榬unning on empty鈥�, 国内精品伊人久久久久妇 warns
Executive Director of 国内精品伊人久久久久妇 England Patricia Marquis said: 鈥淎 severely depleted nursing workforce is going into winter running on empty, whilst trust leaders sound the alarm that they can鈥檛 guarantee high quality care."
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11/11/2024
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Huge increase in nurses quitting early in 鈥榩erfect storm鈥� for patient care, as 国内精品伊人久久久久妇 warns NHS reforms at risk
国内精品伊人久久久久妇 General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: 鈥淣ursing is an incredible career, and it should be one for life, but thousands are quitting early because they are burnt out, underpaid and demoralised. It is a perfect storm for ministers as thousands leave the profession early and student recruitment collapses."
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06/11/2024
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国内精品伊人久久久久妇 responds to the new Mental Health Bill being introduced in Parliament
国内精品伊人久久久久妇 Chief Nursing Officer Lynn Woolsey, said: 鈥淢odernising the Mental Health Act is welcome, but these long overdue reforms won鈥檛 be successful unless we address the crisis in the workforce. A third of all nursing vacancies are in mental health services, meaning vulnerable people are routinely denied access to timely and appropriate care."
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06/11/2024
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No NHS modernisation without social care investment, 国内精品伊人久久久久妇 says
国内精品伊人久久久久妇 Chief Nursing Officer Lynn Woolsey said 鈥淥verstretched staff working in social care have been sounding the alarm for years, but successive governments have failed to listen."
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04/11/2024
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Tuition fee rise will 'make a bad situation worse', says 国内精品伊人久久久久妇
国内精品伊人久久久久妇 General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 鈥淎s student nurse numbers collapse in every English region, ministers decide to make a bad situation worse. Today鈥檚 announcement will discourage more people from joining the profession. That means fewer highly-skilled staff on wards and in communities. That is bad news for patient care and undermines the government鈥檚 very own NHS reforms."
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04/11/2024
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国内精品伊人久久久久妇 members reject Welsh government鈥檚 inadequate NHS pay award
An overwhelming 72% of 国内精品伊人久久久久妇 (国内精品伊人久久久久妇) members working in the NHS in Wales who took part in the consultation voted to reject the Welsh government's proposed 5.5% pay increase for 2024/25.
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30/10/2024
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Crisis in nursing unresolved after today's Budget, 国内精品伊人久久久久妇 says
国内精品伊人久久久久妇 General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 鈥淭he Chancellor鈥檚 task was difficult, but the crisis in nursing remains unresolved after today鈥檚 Budget. Thousands of staff continue to leave the profession, whilst new nurse numbers have collapsed in every English region. We are a safety-critical profession, worthy of infrastructure-style investment."
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