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NHS should explore four-day work week to ease staffing crisis, says top doctor
NHS should explore four-day work week to ease staffing crisis, says top doctor
If the NHS “doesn’t embrace a four-day working week, the labour shortages will become even worse”, warns Professor John Ashton.
Climate change is increasing hospital admissions in England
Climate change is increasing hospital admissions in England
New ONS figures show warmer weather is already impacting the NHS. Experts have previously warned the health service is unprepared for climate change.
‘Entirely predictable’ NHS staff crisis risks derailing plan to tackle 5.8 million patient backlog
‘Entirely predictable’ NHS staff crisis risks derailing plan to tackle 5.8 million patient backlog
Addressing NHS staff shortages is the single most important thing the government must do to address the record 5.8 million patient backlog, say MPs.
5 new laws for 2022 – and what they mean for your rights
5 new laws for 2022 – and what they mean for your rights
NHS facing Covid staff crisis in ‘busiest week’ of the year
NHS facing Covid staff crisis in ‘busiest week’ of the year
Adam Boulton on why we can be cautiously optimistic for 2022
Adam Boulton on why we can be cautiously optimistic for 2022
ADHD waiting times ‘crisis’ as patients face seven-year wait for NHS diagnosis
ADHD waiting times ‘crisis’ as patients face seven-year wait for NHS diagnosis
Why students in the UK are struggling to book their Covid vaccine
Why students in the UK are struggling to book their Covid vaccine
We’re bringing back clapping for the NHS – but this time we’ll be Clapping For Action
We’re bringing back clapping for the NHS – but this time we’ll be Clapping For Action
Like Scrooge, Boris Johnson needs to change his ways before it’s too late
Like Scrooge, Boris Johnson needs to change his ways before it’s too late
‘They disgust me to the core’: Frontline workers react to the Downing Street Christmas party
‘They disgust me to the core’: Frontline workers react to the Downing Street Christmas party
Underfunded and overworked: Midwives reveal extent of NHS maternity crisis
Underfunded and overworked: Midwives reveal extent of NHS maternity crisis
The doctor who gave up her career to fight NHS privatisation
The doctor who gave up her career to fight NHS privatisation
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‘If I stopped using speed it would be a massive step back’: Life with undiagnosed adult ADHD
‘If I stopped using speed it would be a massive step back’: Life with undiagnosed adult ADHD
Health and care bill: What threat does it pose to the NHS?
Health and care bill: What threat does it pose to the NHS?
Doctors and MPs join ‘save the NHS’ protest outside parliament
Doctors and MPs join ‘save the NHS’ protest outside parliament
Social care cap: What is it and what does it mean for me?
Social care cap: What is it and what does it mean for me?
45 years in the NHS: ‘If you don’t love your job, you won’t get nowhere’
45 years in the NHS: ‘If you don’t love your job, you won’t get nowhere’
Patients are waiting in ambulances outside A&E for 14 hours with demand at ‘highest ever level’
Patients are waiting in ambulances outside A&E for 14 hours with demand at ‘highest ever level’
Virtual healthcare is discriminatory and breaches Equality Act, say charities
Virtual healthcare is discriminatory and breaches Equality Act, say charities
Universal credit cut: Senior NHS nurse says she goes to work worrying about bailiffs
Universal credit cut: Senior NHS nurse says she goes to work worrying about bailiffs
Exclusive: The government is asking paramedics to become HGV drivers
Exclusive: The government is asking paramedics to become HGV drivers
National insurance hike will leave NHS workers funding their own pay rise
National insurance hike will leave NHS workers funding their own pay rise
Nurses’ pay cut by £6,000 since Tories came to power
Nurses’ pay cut by £6,000 since Tories came to power
UK pays nurses less than France, Ireland, US and more
UK pays nurses less than France, Ireland, US and more
Adam Kay has a simple Christmas request of politicians to save the NHS
Adam Kay has a simple Christmas request of politicians to save the NHS
NHS England needs an extra £900m a year to save services from staffing crisis
NHS England needs an extra £900m a year to save services from staffing crisis
Travellers and homeless people are wrongfully denied GP appointments
Travellers and homeless people are wrongfully denied GP appointments
Prescription drug dependency timebomb – government probe ordered
