Nurse news

• NHS only gains one ‘full-time’ GP for every two trainees, report finds

  28-09-2023 22:44
  
  Thinktank calls for bold solutions to address high dropout rates and rise in part-time workingThe NHS has to train two GPs to produce one full-time family doctor because so many have started to work part-time, new research reveals.The finding helps explain why GP surgeries are still struggling to give patients appointments as quickly as they would like, despite growing numbers of doctors training to become a GP.One in eight nursing students in England do not complete their degrees.For every five
  
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• Two-thirds of new GPs in England choosing to work part-time

  28-09-2023 01:01
  
  Experts call for ‘bold’ solutions as report reveals high dropout rates of trainees during training or early in their careersThe NHS has to train two GPs to produce one full-time family doctor because so many have started to work part-time, new research reveals.The finding helps explain why GP surgeries are still struggling to give patients appointments as quickly as they would like, despite growing numbers of doctors training to become a GP.One in eight nursing students in England do
  
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• Press release: Action taken to help promote no and low-alcohol drinks

  28-09-2023 01:01 via gov.uk
  
  More people could be encouraged to purchase alcohol-free drinks under government proposals to make alternatives to alcoholic drinks more widely available.
  
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