Nursing and midwifery register grows but pace of international nurse recruitment slows
The register of all nursing and midwifery professionals who can practise in the UK has reached a record 841,367, but a pillar of recent growth – international recruitment – has slowed in pace, according to new data from the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
One in three consultant child psychiatrist posts in England are vacant, analysis shows
Child and adolescent mental health services have highest vacancy rates of any psychiatric specialism
NHS rolls out “life-changing” therapy for rare bone disease that causes rickets
Hundreds of patients with a rare genetic condition that causes rickets and severe bone and dental problems can now receive a “life-changing” new therapy on the NHS in England.
Digital eye screening for people with diabetes could save hundreds of thousands of hospital appointments
The NHS is providing advanced eye scans closer to home for tens of thousands of people with diabetes which could save up to 120,000 hospital appointments a year and help prevent life-changing sight loss.
