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Doctors have spoken out after a survey shows public dissatisfaction with the NHS is at an all time high, saying "unsafe" physician's associates will only make the problem worse.

Physician associates support doctors diagnosing and managing patients, often in GP surgeries or hospitals.

People must “get on board” with NHS reforms to ensure the health service is sustainable for decades to come, the shadow health secretary has said.Wes Streeting […]

Read about a 'listening exercise' by the RCN into a separate pay spine for nurses, as Pat Cullen warns Agenda for Change has lost its way.

King's four-year Graduate Entry Medical programme usually accepts 23 students each year. This will be expanded to enrol a further 54 students in Autumn 2024 based at a new King’s branch campus in the University of Portsmouth Medical School. A 2022 Nu

Strikes by nurses this year only led to modest progress in pay and staffing in the NHS, according to a union leader.

The Royal College of Nursing said industrial action had resulted in only modest progress despite an unprecedented amount of anger and optimism.

Pat Cullen, the unions general secretary, said this years walkouts only led to modest progress in pay and staffing levels and more action is needed.

MILLIONS of pounds have been spent on agency staff to fill hospital shortages in St Helens, Knowsley, and across the country.

Find out how much the NHS is spending on agency nurses - and where the RCN thinks this money should be spent instead.