What's New

Newly-released research suggests that the majority (60%) of women in workplaces across the UK either do not know what their male colleagues earn, or believe they are earning less than men who are doing the same job.

If the frameworks that the NHS uses to procure temporary staff remain focused only on buying the cheapest option, quality of care may suffer, according to the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC).

As seasonal spending increases, thousands of people are set to enjoy a timely pay rise — provided they work for one of the almost 6000 real Living Wage employers across the country.

The Conservative Party has said they will deliver 6000 more doctors in general practice in England by 2024-25, to increase patient appointments, if they win the election.

The Government has announced that every NHS and social care worker in England will have to undergo mandatory training on autism and learning disability relevant to their roles.

From 18 November all GP prescriptions will be issued digitally as part of the final phase of the roll-out of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS).

A Westminster Committee report by the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee (NIAC) has found key services in Northern Ireland risk "deteriorating to the point of collapse" without a long-term funding strategy to support transformation.

Many organisations will no doubt have been struggling to keep up with Brexit as it has unfolded over the last few months, but it seems that we now finally have a little bit more certainty. As of 28 October, the EU has agreed, in principle, to extend the deadline for which the UK is set to leave the EU until 31 January 2020. This new date is therefore the end of a further period of time within which the UK can aim to put forward, and have accepted into law, a Brexit deal.

NHS officials have told doctors' surgeries in Wales that plans to deliver new computer software handling prescriptions and medical records have been scrapped.

The value of proper handwashing, rather than a quick rinse under a running tap, after trips to the bathroom during a busy working day has been illustrated by new research which indicates that poor toilet hygiene, rather than undercooked chicken and pork, is the key factor behind the spread of deadly strains of E.coli superbugs.