Thousands of NHS workers are ‘too stressed or depressed to work’
Between December 2017 and November 2018 NHS staff took 17.7 million sick days.
Tag: Mental Health
NHS staff are taking more days off sick than ever before
The upward trend has coincided with a rise in demand for NHS services and a vacancy rate at an all ...
Over 4,000 additional mental health nurses needed in the next five years
4,230 mental health nurses are needed to ensure the Government can deliver the NHS Long Term Plan.
Nearly half of all emergency admissions to hospital from care homes could be avoided
Better working relationship GPs and the upskilling of care home staff could be the answer.
National roll-out of ‘protected sleep time’ in hospitals proposed
Three-quarters of adults in the UK regularly sleeping less than 7 hours per night
Nursing application numbers rise by 4% but remain ‘at crisis point’
Despite a small increase, the number of applications remains down by 29% overall.
Chronic understaffing leaves the majority of nurses considering work outside the health service
A massive 95% of nurses think patient health is at risk due to staffing shortages.
Mental health patients are being ‘treated as second-class citizens’
Patients are being sent to private mental health hospitals often hundreds of miles from home.
Nurses write to Tory leadership candidates demanding answers on key nursing issues
The letter calls on the leadership hopefuls to clarify their positions on safe staffing, pay and tuition fees.
Love Island leaves thousands of young adults worried about their bodies
Almost one in four people aged 18 to 24 say reality TV makes them worry about their body image.
Having more staff is ‘not enough’, the NHS needs to become ‘a better place to work’
Failure to make improvements risks the delivery of the NHS Long Term Plan.
Free WiFi now available to millions of NHS patients
Offering free wireless internet access to patients provides a multitude of benefits.
Nurses to hold UK Governments to account over homelessness
Everybody had a right to "have a roof over their head".
Student nurses to be paid a wage in return for a work commitment
Both their salary and tuition fees will be paid.
Army of NHS experts brought in to tackle over-medication in care homes
The project aims to improve quality of life, reduce over-medication and reduce the number of hospital admissions.
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