Working in understaffed services is making nurses sick
By Liz Wells 17 November 2025
Hospitals and care homes in the UK are so short-staffed that nursing staff are continuing to work while unwell, with stress the leading cause of illness hitting an eight-year high, new research rev...
NHS faces 'new normal' sickness crisis
By Liz Wells 20 October 2025
NHS staff sickness has settled at a substantially higher, "new normal" baseline since the pandemic, pointing to a worsening and sustained health crisis among healthcare workers, new analysis reveals.
NHS trusts log over 250,000 staff absences for mental health issues since 2021
By Liz Wells 16 December 2024
UK NHS trusts have seen thousands of staff take at least one day off work due to a mental health issue in the past three years, a new investigation reveals.
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Strategic Director of Adult Social Care and Health
circa £130,000 p.a.
Tameside, Greater Manchestercirca £130,000 p.a.
Assistant Director – Adult Social Care & Health
£99,453 (plus pay award pending)
Sefton (Metropolitan borough), Merseyside£99,453 (plus pay award pending)
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- Government withdraws extra training places as BMA strike to go ahead
- Government must act on pay for 'neglected' NHS staff groups
- Stoke-on-Trent council names head of adult social care and all-age commissioning
- GPs asked to cut hospital referrals by 25%
- Troubled trust spent £18k on hotel stays for turnaround team
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