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• United Kingdom

  Nursing Jobs and Agencies: Ambition 24hours at 'Nursing In Practice', Cardiff, April 8 2008

  Nursing : Recruitment

  Ambition 24hours - www.Ambition24hours.co.uk - is one of the leading UK nursing agencies with branches nationwide. It offers nursing jobs and experienced temporary and permanent staff to support public and private sector healthcare providers.

• United Kingdom

  Does it matter that medical graduates don't get jobs as doctors?

  Graduate : Doctor : Graduate Recruitment

  In 2007, 1300 UK medical graduates were unable to secure training places, and this shortfall looks set to be repeated this year.

• United Kingdom

  Below inflation pay awards very disappointing, say Northern Ireland's doctors

  Doctor : Health Authorities & Services

  Northern Ireland's doctors are again to receive a below inflation pay award; indeed many will in effect receive a pay cut.

• United Kingdom

  BMA response to "Sponsored Reservists" scheme for Armed forces doctors

  Doctor : Armed Services

  The new scheme might appear to help plug manning gaps in the short-term, but it does nothing to solve the serious ongoing problem of under manning of fully trained military doctors.

• United Kingdom

  Pay figures overtaken by two-year freeze says GP leader

  Doctor

  Two years of zero pay awards with not even an inflation increase to cover the costs of paying staff and expenses in a practice, have left most GPs worse off than they were in 2005-06, says Dr Laurence Buckman, chairman of the BMA’s GPs committee.

• BMA launches campaign to safeguard medical training

  Employment & Training : Medicine : Doctor

  The BMA launches a campaign today (Thursday 13 March, 2008) to alert the government to doctors’ concerns about the future of medical training.

• Government in court for Judicial Review over cap on GPs' pensions

  Pensions : Doctor

  A Judicial Review sought by the British Medical Association to challenge the government’s decision to cap the pensions of GPs will take place in the High Court, London, on Wednesday and Thursday this week (12th and 13th March 2008).

• Bettercaring discovers government’s personal budget scheme for social care is leading to confusion

  Day Care : Carer

  Research carried out by Bettercaring, the UK’s leading care home search engine, has uncovered uncertainty and scepticism regarding the government’s new personal care budget scheme.
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  Cornwall

  Children’s Hospice South West’s Precious Lives Appeal - We have a site!

  People & Society : Hospice : Health & Fitness

  Children's Hospice South West (CHSW) is delighted to announce that a site has been found for the location of their third children's hospice in the South West and that a planning application will be made in the coming months.