Tuesday 31 August 2010

Um. What does this tell you?


http://www.nursingtimes.net/whats-new-in-nursing/news-topics/health-workforce/dramatic-decline-in-nursing-posts-fuels-job-fears/5018755.article

The number of nursing vacancies has fallen by nearly 40 per cent in the last year, according to data gathered by Nursing Times.

The figures, together with new data from the NHS Information Centre, have fuelled fears that NHS trusts are freezing vacancies, are not replacing nurses and are converting posts to lower grades in order to tighten budgets.


Shock horror. Yawn.
and

http://www.nursingtimes.net/whats-new-in-nursing/news-topics/health-workforce/nurses-and-healthcare-assistants-forced-to-retire/5018724.article

Eleven nurses and 21 healthcare assistants have been forced to retire by an East Midlands primary care trust despite the government’s plans to scrap the default age for retirement from October next year.


and
 
http://www.nursingtimes.net/whats-new-in-nursing/students/new-nurses-struggling-to-find-jobs/5018525.article
 
RCN Scotland has said policies such as freezing posts and not replacing people who leave mean newly qualified nurses and midwives are struggling to find jobs in the NHS. The union has warned “unsustainable tactics” are being used by health chiefs struggling to cut costs, and called for more to be done to protect frontline services. It added the decisions could have “devastating consequences” for patient care in the future.
Remember this my dear reader: This has gone nationwide.  And it has been going on for a hell of a long time.My trust still hasn't hired any nurses.  But they have been advertising for management posts with stupid names and "champions" on salaries around £130,000 a year.

10 comments:

Dino-nurse said...

Big fat suprise...not. We will all be replaced by HCAs and APs at this rate whilst the managers carry on regardless...treat poeple in their own homes and you can close down all the hospitals! Pat that manager on the back!....been there, done that...newsflash- it didn't work.
RIP NHS

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Newly Qualified Nurse 21 said...

i am a newly qualified staff nurse and due to start my first post on Monday, i started applying for posts back in may i was very lucky to get a job. there are about 60 of us qualifying and only about 12 have jobs.i continue to look at the nhs job website and the staff nurse vacancies seemed to have all dried up, im so glad i applied when i did.

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