(issued by BMA Scotland Sunday 27 Jun 2010)
Recruitment freezes and unfilled vacancies mask the true impact of economic pressures on the NHS according to a new UK-wide survey of doctors published by the BMA today (Sunday, 27 June 2010).
Read more on Front-line NHS services already feeling the pressure of economic crisis in Scotland…
Filed under Staffing levels by on Jun 28th, 2010. Comment. 
Scottish hospitals could save £6 million a year by more efficient use of locum doctors
Posted: 17 June 2010
The NHS in Scotland could save almost 15 per cent of the money it spends on locum doctors in hospitals – or about £6 million a year – through better planning and procurement.
Read more on Audit Scotland reports on the cost of using locum hospital doctors….
Filed under Hospital Healthcare, Staffing levels by on Jun 17th, 2010. Comment.
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Nurse in A&E
Exclusive: Kate Foster
30 May 2010
Patients will be assessed by nurses instead of consultants and spend less time in hospital under controversial cutbacks to meet waiting time targets in Scotland.
Read more on Plans to replace consultants with nurses in NHS Scotland…
Filed under Nursing, Planning, Scottish Government, Staffing levels by on May 31st, 2010. Comment.
A major new report published today by Healthcare at Home Ltd explores which technologies and models used in the US for chronic disease management could successfully be adopted here in the UK.
Read more on UK better placed than the US to manage chronic disease: lessons from the US…
Filed under Mobile Health, Patient management, Patient Safety, Staffing levels, Technology, Telecare, Telehealth by on May 17th, 2010. Comment.
Secret NHS cuts to axe thousands of medics
Hospitals across England are planning to shed at least 650 doctors and 2,000 nurses under new cost-cutting plans
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By Nick Triggle
Health reporter, BBC News |
Hospital closures are inevitable, many believe
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Politicians are “not being open and honest” about the issue of hospital closures, a coalition of charities and patient groups says.
Read more on MPs 'need to be open and honest' over hospital closures…
Filed under Patient management, Staffing levels by on Apr 9th, 2010. Comment.
ATLANTA, GA (March 1, 2010) – A new Jackson Healthcare survey of hospital nurses found that nurses estimate spending one quarter of their twelve-hour shift on indirect patient care. Respondents cited regulatory requirements, redundant paperwork and logistical challenges as the primary contributors of time spent away from the patient’s bedside.
Read more on Poll: Nurses Spend a Quarter of Shift on Non-patient Care…
Filed under Patient management, Planning, Staffing levels by on Mar 15th, 2010. Comment.
The health service in Scotland will face “significant” financial pressures over the next five years, a spending watchdog has predicted.
Audit Scotland said the impact of the recession on public sector spending meant NHS budgets were likely to fall.
Read more on Audit Scotland warns of future financial pressure…
Filed under Scottish Healthcare, Staffing levels by on Dec 10th, 2009. Comment.
Is this an opportunity to improve systems and technology??
New European rules reducing junior doctors’ hours to a maximum of 48 per week came into force at the weekend.
NHS Grampian revealed it had employed 60 additional staff in order to comply with the European Working Time Directive.
Read more on NHS in Scotland employs 150 extra staff to cope with EU working hours directive…
Filed under Staffing levels by on Aug 5th, 2009. Comment.
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