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Collective action needed to meet enduring NHS workforce challenge

By Liz Wells 18 February 2025

The NHS is still experiencing challenges with recruitment and retention, and a reliance on expensive agency staff to plug gaps in the workforce, a new report shows.

SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT

Scottish government accepts recommendations for attracting and retaining nurses and midwives

By Liz Wells 14 February 2025

A taskforce has published 44 recommended actions on how to improve working conditions for Scotland's nurses and midwives.

WORKFORCE

Technology 'isn't sole solution' to NHS crisis

By Liz Wells 20 January 2025

The employment crisis for clinical and non-clinical roles in healthcare needs to be prioritised over technology and AI, according to the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo).

NATIONAL INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONS

Broken promises

09 December 2024

In addressing the challenges posed by National Insurance changes, the Government and care sector stakeholders must work collaboratively

WORKFORCE

International nurse recruitment slows in UK

By Liz Wells 02 December 2024

The register of all nursing and midwifery professionals who can practise in the UK has reached a record 841,367, but a pillar of recent growth – international recruitment – has slowed in pace, new ...

GMC

UK risks 'sleepwalking' into a waste of doctors' skills

By Liz Wells 28 November 2024

The UK risks wasting the talents of tens of thousands of overlooked and undervalued doctors, to the detriment of patient care, General Medical Council (GMC) chief executive Charlie Massey warns in ...

DHSC

Streeting pledges to contain NHS agency spend

By Liz Wells 12 November 2024

The government and NHS England are set to reveal plans to reduce the service's reliance on agency staff, which costs £3bn a year. 

NHS LANARKSHIRE

UWS and NHS Lanarkshire strengthen strategic partnership

By Liz Wells 28 October 2024

NHS Lanarkshire and University of the West of Scotland (UWS) have extended their partnership that aims to tackle NHS recruitment challenges and advancing digital healthcare solutions.