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Writing off medical student debt would help address the workforce crisis

Opinion

5 Oct 23

Forgiving student loans over time would help lower the attrition rate in the medical profession, argues Dr Billy Palmer of Nuffield Trust.
Coffey reveals pension overhaul to tempt back former staff

News

22 Sep 22

Pension rules will be simplified to enable retired NHS staff to fill vacancies.
Law firm to challenge ‘less favourable’ pensions for doctors and teachers

News

27 Aug 19

Doctors and teachers will launch a legal challenge against the government following a landmark public sector pensions ruling, a law firm has said.
Government changes pension proposals to stop doctors cutting hours

News

7 Aug 19

Proposals aimed at ending an ongoing NHS pensions row have been overhauled less than three weeks after they were announced.
Hancock orders consultation into doctors’ pension issues

News

26 Jul 19

Health secretary Matt Hancock has announced a consultation on NHS pensions, after changes to rules appear to have resulted in a reduction of doctor hours.
Record numbers of GP practices close, says research

News

31 May 19

GP practice closures in the UK hit record levels last year as the health service deals with a workforce crisis, an investigation has found.
Missed general practice appointments costing NHS £216m every year

News

2 Jan 19

Missed general practice appointments are costing the NHS £216m every year, according to figures from NHS England.
NHS on track for 'major failure' without effective workforce planning

News

19 Nov 18

The NHS could see a staff shortfall of 350,000 by 2030, health bodies have warned.
One in four student nurses dropping out of degrees, says research

News

4 Sep 18

A quarter of all student nurses in the UK quit their degrees last year before finishing their courses, a study has revealed.
NHS counts £2.4m cost of lost mail

News

7 Jun 18

The NHS has wasted nearly £2.4m reviewing the handling of misdirected clinical correspondence, a group of MPs has found.
Government pledges 1,500 more doctors for NHS

News

9 Aug 17

An extra 1,500 doctors will be trained each year by 2020 in what it bills as the “biggest ever” expansion of the medical workforce in England.
Numbers Game, October 2016

Analysis

30 Sep 16

Facts and figures from the October 2016 edition of Public Finance magazine, our international special, on global life expectancy, government health spending and fat taxes

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