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NewsUpdated: Government to scrap visa cap for non-EU doctors
The government is to remove its tier two visa cap for non-EU doctors and nurses, the Home Office has confirmed.
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NewsCall for urgency after Government agrees review of visa rules
The Home Office has announced it will review the UK’s tier two visa system in response to national concerns from NHS trusts over rejected visas for overseas doctors.
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NewsVisa cap is 'not logical' and threatens patient care
The government’s tier two visa cap is “not logical” and is “threatening patient care and safety”, HSJ has been told.
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NewsHealth secretary backs dedicated NHS and care staff visa
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt will raise the prospect of creating a dedicated immigration visa category for health and social care staff with the new home secretary, he has revealed to HSJ.
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NewsUpdated: Government blocks 100 doctors' visas
NHS Employers and the medical royal colleges have called on the Home Office to exclude nurses from its tier two visa cap to free up places for doctors, it has emerged.
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NewsImmigration salary rules could force physios to leave UK
Physiotherapists from overseas working in the NHS could be forced to leave the UK under tougher immigration rules, HSJ has been told.
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NewsNew NHS Digital boss urged not to ‘divert from current track’
Bryant advises incoming chief ‘not to re-invent what has already been agreed’ New chief will need to learn to navigate ‘bonkers’ relationships with other system leaders System requires ‘stability of message, policy and strategy’, says Bryant An outgoing senior NHS Digital director has urged the body’s new chief ...
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NewsPHE warns of 'serious risk' over Home Office data sharing
Public Health England warns of ”serious risk to public health” over using NHS data to trace migrants National Data Guardian also concerned over arrangement Public Health England and the National Data Guardian have raised serious concerns about the government using identified NHS patient data to track down illegal ...
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NewsRevealed: Theresa May's clash with NHS over immigrants' data
Kingsley Manning says NHS Digital battled with the Home Office over sharing patient data repeatedly between 2013 and 2016 Former chair says while Theresa May was home secretary he was put under pressure to share data despite his legal concerns New agreement allows for data to be shared to ...
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NewsIllegal immigrants traced using NHS patient information
Agreement between Home Office and NHS Digital to trace illegal immigrants Home Office says requests for confidential patient information is in the public interest Deal signed in November came into effect from 1 January 2017 Confidential NHS patient information is being shared with the Home Office to help ...
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News'Desire to save money' caused NHS nursing shortage says damning report
Migration Advisory Committee agrees to “reluctantly” keep nursing on the shortage occupation list Chair says Department of Health needs to “get its act together” on workforce planning Health Education England would have commissioned 3,000 extra nursing places in 2016-17 if not for financial cuts A nationwide shortage of ...
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CommentTaking the workforce challenge early on
Can we set the tone early in 2016 for the health service to tackle its workforce challenges
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NewsNon-EU nurse visa applications up 209 per cent in 12 months
Migration Advisory Committee report reveals scale of demand for nursing immigration MAC says majority of applications refused since June 2015 were for nurses RCN warns key supply line of overseas nurses being “strangled” by immigration policy Visa applications for nurses from outside the EU to work in the ...
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NewsHome secretary lifts controls on nurse immigration
The home secretary has moved to immediately relax controversial immigration controls on nurses working in the UK, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsThousands of mental health patients still detained in police cells
Almost 4,000 people detained under the Mental Health Act are still being forced to stay in police cells rather than a hospital, despite a 54 per cent fall over the last three years.
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HSJ LocalImmigration officers at London trust for patient charging pilot
FINANCE: The Home Office has sent immigration officers into a London trust to help administrative staff identify foreign patients who could be charged for treatment.
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CommentMedia Watch: papers picking up on dismissals
The tale of two advisers, both of whom have lost the ear of the government, was making the headlines at the start of this week.
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NewsMore criminals will get psychiatric help
Teams to divert criminal offenders with mental health needs to NHS services will be rolled out nationally by 2014, the government has announced.
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