January 2017 - Blog - Positive Health

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Recruiters call on long-term solutions to tackle NHS staffing crisis
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Recruiters have backed calls for the NHS to have a long-term solution to the talent crisis currently afflicting the service. The calls follow resea...
By Olivia Spruce
NHS pay increase good but doesn’t go far enough, say recruiters
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While a pay increase for NHS staff is a “step in the right direction”, recruiters have raised concerns whether government’s move goes far enough to...
By Olivia Spruce
Additional Tests for Overseas Doctors
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While recruiters welcome the General Medical Council’s move to add additional linguistic test dates, more needs to be done to boost overseas doct...
By Olivia Spruce
MORE ROBUST NHS WORKFORCE PLANNING NEEDED, FINDS HEALTHIER RECRUITMENT RESEARCH
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The NHS needs better workforce planning to move away from relying on a short-term approach to recruiting staff. According to an analysis by healthc...
By Olivia Spruce
What does IR35 mean for healthcare professionals?
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New rules are being introduced from April 2017 which can affect the amount of tax and National Insurance locum agency workers pay. Find out more ab...
By Li Chaudhry
An (Un)Certain Future- Staff Shortages in the NHS
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On the 16th of January, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) issued a draft guideline for NHS A&E departments. Commissioned...
By Richard Fox
Guidance for Positive Healthcare Staff Intending to Travel to, or Returning from, Ebola Affected Countries
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The on-going outbreak of Ebola in West Africa, primarily affecting Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone has been declared a Public Health Emergency of ...
By Abdul Azim