Nurse news

• ‘I miss Ukraine’: the real-life stories behind UK immigration statistics

  21-05-2023 11:00
  
  Some are fleeing persecution and war. Some are studying. Others are bringing their professional skills to the benefit of societyLast year net migration to the UK reached a record 504,000 last year. On Thursday official figures are expected to confirm a new high of at least 700,000, widening Cabinet divisions over immigration while provoking debate on how best the UK props up the NHS alongside a stuttering post-Brexit economy.Driven largely by people arriving from outside the EU, the contemporary
  
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• Nurses in England offered ‘golden hellos’ as trusts try to ease staff crisis

  21-05-2023 08:00
  
  Staff are being promised up to £4,500 to take up – and stay in – hard-to-fill NHS jobsNurses in parts of England are being offered “golden hellos” of up to £4,500 to work in the NHS – and not quit – amid fierce competition for staff.As the government and the Royal College of Nursing remain in deadlock over pay, some NHS trusts desperate to fill posts have launched their own schemes to attract and retain recruits. The incentives – which includ
  
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