Bethan Lewis Education and Family Correspondent, BBC Wales News PA Media Helen Whyley of the Royal College of Nursing says Cardiff University has a “significant pipeline” in supplying nurses to health boards in south Wales Job cuts at Cardiff University threaten the supply of nurses in Welsh health boards, a union leader has warned. The … Read more
Getty Images Patients are dying in corridors and pregnant women are miscarrying in side rooms as overwhelmed hospitals struggle to cope, nurses say. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said evidence provided by more than 5,000 of its members across the UK this winter also showed cupboards, car parks, bathrooms and nursing stations were being … Read more
The NHS is experiencing intense winter pressure, with critical incidents declared at a dozen hospitals across the UK by Wednesday. Ahead of a special day of coverage, the BBC has spoken to nurses dealing with demand in A&Es. “Patients are collapsing in the waiting room. It’s just hectic,” Lorraine, a nurse in Birmingham, told BBC … Read more
BBC Susan McGowan died two weeks after taking tirzepatide – brand name Mounjaro The death of a nurse from North Lanarkshire has been linked to the use of a weight-loss drug recently approved for use on the NHS. Susan McGowan, 58, took two low-dose injections of tirzepatide, known under the brand name Mounjaro, over the … Read more
Nurses in England have said the government’s offer of a 5.5% pay rise is not enough, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has said. Two-thirds of the 145,000 members of the RCN who voted online said the rise was not fair. The pay award for 2024-2025 was announced by the chancellor at the end of … Read more
BBC Dame Ruth May was England’s chief nurse from 2019 until she retired in July 2024 Nurses bore the brunt of the pandemic, with low staffing levels and difficulties accessing protective equipment, according to England’s former chief nurse. Dame Ruth May told the Covid inquiry the NHS had been understaffed in 2020, in part because … Read more
Union leaders say strikes more likely, after ministers offer consultants in England up to 19% extra. Source link
Essential services will operate during strike action by nurses over a pay dispute, Manx Care says. Source link
Despite rising number of complaints against labour rule violations and financial exploitations in the home nursing sector, illegal agencies are continuing with recruitment drives in the absence of a mechanism to check their exploitative practices. In a recent incident, a woman was accommodated at a rented facility for about a month by luring her with … Read more
The plan to reform NHS training and recruitment comes at a time of record-high waiting lists. Source link