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On average, around 14,000 patients deemed fit to leave hospital are stuck in beds every day, according to official figures

Unions condemn measure as potentially against international law as 40,000 staff prepare for first day of industrial action

The CQC confirmed this month that John Adler, former chief exec, and Paul Traynor, former CFO, could not be referred as they no longer worked for a registered healthcare provider. This raises a few questions – why did NHS England refer the two directors if it couldn’t go anywhere? And is this yet another example of how the fit and proper persons referral process is not… fit for purpose? In his expert review of the FPP, Tom Kark QC said the FPPT does not stop “the unfit or misbehaved from moving around the system”. The Kark review also recommended creating a new body, the Health Dir...

A number of new health roles will be added to the UK immigration Shortage Occupation List (SOL), the government has announced. Laboratory technicians, nursing assistants, pharmacists and senior care workers are among several jobs that will be added to the SOL, making it easier for foreign workers in these professions to obtain a Skilled Worker Visa.      The list will also be expanded to include health service managers, public health managers and directors, residential, day and domiciliary care managers and health professionals not elsewhere classified – including audiologists and denta...

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