The Department of Health has amended its guidance on NHS uniforms and workwear to address concerns that Muslim clinicians and students were facing discrimination because of universal policies requiring them to dress “bare below the elbows”.
The amended guidance states that three quarter length sleeves can now be worn in place of short sleeves and that disposable elasticated oversleeves are also an acceptable alternative to bare arms.
A £1.5m programme to introduce colour-coded NHS uniforms in Wales could be scrapped after scores of nurses complained that the items caused painful rashes.
A whistleblower’s four year legal challenge cost the NHS nearly £700,000, it has emerged.
A London teaching trust has appointed a consultant to run the heart surgery service that, in June, it faced losing altogether.
Minister of state for health Steve Barclay has been appointed Brexit secretary today, in the wake of a string of resignations to hit the government as Theresa May unveiled her Brexit withdrawl deal with the European Union.
The transfer of a “substantial volume” of NHS work to the independent sector has “negatively impacted” surgical trainees, the Royal College of Surgeons has warned.
Sir David Behan has been appointed chair of Health Education England, it has been announced.
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