NHS’ attempt to remodel the current health operation system is received with a legal challenge as critics see red. The counter-argument suggests that these changes will be unlawful and could mean patients may not get desired treatments.

Healthcare agencies providing external staffing to the NHS are claiming the institution inflated the rates it pays for the bank shifts. This has subsequently led to them cancelling out profits made from switching provision in-house.

Are you from European Economic Area (EEA) and want to work in the UK? NHS (National Health Services) has opened gates for doctors that hold the nationality of other countries. If you had once planned to practice in the UK and never got the chance to apply for it, a good news has already surfaced the channels that NHS would spend 100 million pounds to recruit doctors from all over the world. Many recruitment agencies may be flooded with vacancies post this commencement.

Increase in the threshold to pass International English Language test (IELTS) may give a sigh of relief to the foreign nurses as NHS trust has requested to lower the threshold for non-English speaking countries.

The most awaited decree on the scrapping of 1% pay cap has finally unveiled. The hopes of thousands of nurses and the others in the public sector seemed shattered after the ministers of Parliament in the UK rejected the plea to scrap the 1% pay cap for the public sector.

Following the Brexit negotiations, it has been observed that there has been a sharp reduction in the number of EU nurses applying in the UK to practice. The figures released by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) enumerate that only 46 nurses from EU have registered in the UK in April 2017. This means that the number of applications has dropped by 96% when compared to June 2016.

Earlier this year, the majority of NHS staff including midwives, paramedics, cleaners, and radiographers were given a rise of 1%. This decision was opposed by the unions because the rise amounts to less £5 per week when calculated. This pronouncement was not at par with the rising inflation rate of 2.3 percent.

The fall of 2015 saw an exemplary rise in the American healthcare, when thousands stood up for the nurses. Kelly Johnson, a former Miss America pageant aspirant and runner-up, got up on stage in a “scrubs” costume and performed a two-minute monologue. The performance was inspired by her experience as a nurse, when she was privileged enough to take care of an Alzheimer’s patient.

In an effort to increase the quality of medical and nursing staff in the country, the Nursing Midwifery Council (NMC) has decided to amend the International English Language Testing System IELTS requirements for nurses and midwives coming from overseas and within the European Economic Area.