THOUSANDS of midwives are to be drafted into the NHS to cope with an increase in births, Health Secretary Alan Johnson will announce today during a visit to the region.The Secretary of State for Health will unveil plans to recruit 4,000 midwives to the NHS while visiting Newcastle’s Royal Victoria Infirmary to meet staff and […]

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The government hopes to recruit an extra 4,000 midwives over the next three years, with returning midwives to be offered an incentive package worth up to 3,000 pounds, Health Secretary Alan Johnson said on Monday.Since 2001, births in Britain have soared 14 percent, outpacing a smaller 4.5 percent rise in midwife numbers.
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Nurses, nursing assistants, doctors, pharmacists and therapists are hard to find, and the ones who are employed are working overtime to fill in the gaps, several county healthcare facility leaders said. The shortage is a particular problem in rural areas. “It’s one of the biggest challenges we face in managing rural health facilities, is shortage […]

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The country’s nurse shortage is now eight years old and likely getting worse. IU Nursing School Dean Dr. Marion Broome says the shortage is due to many factors, two in particular.
Broome says the expansion of the health care system, meaning more hospitals, and the aging population of the public and nurses have led to the […]

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Staff at Derby’s hospitals will be balloted on strike action over plans to downgrade nurses’ roles - meaning some would face pay cuts.
At a Unison meeting in the city last night, about 200 workers voted in favour of taking industrial action against Derby Hospitals NHS Trust.
An estimated 197 members voted to strike, three people wanted […]

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The number of nurses moving from Britain to Australia has jumped by 75 per cent in the past three years, figures show.Nursing and Midwifery Council data suggests thousands of nurses are leaving the UK’s National Health Service in search of better pay and working conditions.The figures show more than 10,000 nurses and midwives left Britain […]

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A pregnant woman was turned away from hospital’s birthing unit after staff shortages forcedits temporary closure.

The Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) confirmed that the seven-bed unit closed about 10pm on Saturday and reopened at 7am on Sunday.During this period, a woman receiving post-natal care was transferred to another CDHB birthing unit in Lincoln and a […]

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The number of students registering to study nursing has become increasingly high in recent years.In 2006, the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET), for the first time, allowed a non-State run education establishment, the Phuong Nam Economics and Technique Vocational School, to enroll students for two-year nurse training courses.  In the first year, the school […]

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A lawyer who advised 10 nurses that they were free to quit their jobs at a Long Island nursing facility now faces 13 criminal charges as a result of the nurses’ walkout — a prosecution his supporters say could have a chilling effect on attorneys who represent workers in labor disputes. “I am really surprised […]

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Nurses at St. Vincent’s Hospital are set to picket outside the Greenwich Village hospital today over failing contract negotiations, a phenomenon that is playing out at several hospitals citywide. Against the backdrop of a nationwide nursing shortage, some negotiations are turning contentious over disagreements concerning nurse staffing levels. Last week, a group of Mount Sinai nurses […]

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