In under a year an extra 6,635 frontline clinical staff have joined the NHS workforce, latest statistics show.
The NHS workforce census 2007 has revealed a continuous upward trend in clinical staff numbers since 1998.
Another 1,262 nurses have joined the NHS, increasing the total to 400,000, which is 20% more than in 1998.
The NHS has also […]

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Nearly 5,000 registered nurses are expected to begin a 48-hour strike at 15 Northern California hospitals beginning at 7 a.m. today in a labor dispute they say is about improving patient care standards and the hospitals say is about aggressive union organizing efforts.All but two of the hospitals are in the Bay Area and are […]

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In the midst of a critical staffing crunch at Calgary and Edmonton hospitals, Alberta’s two major health regions have extended nearly 1,400 job offers to international nurses as part of their biggest overseas recruitment drive.The push to hire nurses from around the world is so intense, the province’s licensing body for registered nurses has seen […]

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The Department of Health (DOH) has decided to expand a popular “primary nursing” program that saves patients money and eases the burden on caregivers by limiting the hours they work. Primary nursing emphasizes continuity of care by having one caregiver provide complete care for a small group of patients within a hospital’s nursing unit for […]

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