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School-leavers could join NHS via apprenticeships in plan to fix staff shortages

Up to one in 10 doctors and a third of nurses could be trained through vocational path under NHS workforce plan

The Guardian - UK

Tens of thousands of doctors and nurses ‘to be trained as apprentices’

School-leavers are being encouraged to ‘learn while they earn’ as the NHS prepares to ramp up apprentice schemes.

The Independent UK

Funding and mental health staff retention go ‘hand-in-hand’ – NHS chief

NHS England chief executive Amanda Pritchard told MPs there is a direct link between mental health staff shortages and the funding available.

The Independent UK

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The George Cross awarded to the NHS following the pandemic is coming to Manchester - here is where you can see it

The medal was awarded to recognise the heroism of staff - and people will be able to view it up in close when it goes on display in the city next year

Manchester Evening News

NHS George Cross medal to go on tour

The service was awarded the medal to help mark the work performed during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Independent UK

Barring skilled refugees from work in the UK is a travesty that must be solved

In a country short of doctors, engineers and other professionals, bureaucracy must not deny people the dignity of work

The Guardian - UK

Girl with deadly inherited condition is cured with gene therapy on NHS

Teddi Shaw, from Northumberland, first recipient on health service of Libmeldy, world’s most expensive drug

The Guardian - UK

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New plan to ‘fix’ emergency care unveiled as crisis engulfs NHS

The plan set out new measures for health services provided in patients’ homes

The Independent UK

UK must train more doctors and nurses, says NHS boss

Amanda Pritchard said “excellent” British candidates are being rejected from medical schools due to a lack of places

Evening Standard

NHS in England under more ‘extreme pressure’ than at height of pandemic

NHS England chief says service is ‘over-reliant’ on foreign staff and calls for universities to ‘ramp up’ training

The Guardian - UK

Health service under pressure ‘like nothing I have ever experienced’ – NHS boss

Amanda Pritchard’s interview with The Times comes after NHS England data revealed that one in 10 people was left waiting hours for ambulances.

The Independent UK

PM warned 'emergency' NHS meeting won't ease pressure after 'years of inaction'

The Prime Minister is holding rare weekend talks with health leaders - after senior medics said the health service was on a knife edge with many A&E units struggling to keep up with demand and trusts and ambulance services declaring critical incidents

Daily Mirror

Rishi Sunak holds emergency talks in bid to ease winter NHS crisis

PM meets health experts including Professor Sir Chris Whitty

The Independent UK

Ambulance strike in England and Wales will bring ‘huge risk of harm’

Patients with serious conditions and injuries will have to get themselves to A&E, NHS chiefs say

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Urgent surgery ‘may be postponed’ by nurses’ strikes, say NHS bosses

Trusts may also have to suspend chemotherapy, kidney dialysis and other key elements of healthcare

Daily Mirror

'Women experiencing menopause have had to suffer in silence - it's time for change'

Eva Simpson on the news we should all welcome with cheers not sneers - the NHS issuing new guidelines for protecting and helping staff who are going through the menopause

The Independent UK

Menopausal NHS workers will be able to work from home under new national guidance

Head of health service issues national guidance on menopause for first time ever

The Guardian - UK

Menopausal women in NHS England workforce to be offered flexible working

New national guidance includes measures to support and retain staff and ‘break the stigma’ of menopause

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New national NHS guidance aims to help health staff through menopause

NHS England chief executive Amanda Pritchard said taboos around the subject must be broken.

The Guardian - UK

Extra funding announced for NHS only half of what is needed, experts warn

Thinktanks say new £3.3bn in each of next two years won’t account for the £2.5bn inflation and other unexpected cost pressures

The Independent UK

NHS set targets in exchange for Treasury funding

NHS must publish ‘recovery plans’ for ambulance response and A&E waiting times

The Independent UK

Cancer: GPs urged to directly order scans for vague symptoms

Under the new guidance, GPs will be able to use their clinical judgment to order more scans for symptoms such as coughs, fatigue and dizziness.

The Guardian - UK

NHS England in worse place now than in early days of Covid, says boss

‘Complexity and uncertainty’ ahead as NHS struggles to deliver standard of care patients deserve, says Amanda Pritchard

The Independent UK

NHS situation harder now than during pandemic, health chief warns

‘We should be realistic with the NHS budget, savings can only ever be a margin of a margin’, says NHS chief Amanda Pritchard

The Independent UK

Things harder for the NHS now than during pandemic, chief executive warns

Amanda Pritchard told the King’s Fund annual conference in central London she did not think patients always got the care they deserved.

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