The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) in the UK has just approved two changes to their English language requirements. The changes ensure a fair and reliable approach to validating the language proficiency of nursing and midwifery professionals. The two changes affect: The scores and length…
NMC OSCE changes are updated by NMC. The new NMC OSCE Marking Criteria V1.6 will be in effect from 14th November 2022. Earlier, it was announced that these changes are applicable to all the candidates appearing from 17th October 2022. But according to the latest…
The Government of Saskatchewan is releasing further details on its four-point action plan to recruit, train, incentivize and retain healthcare workers, which is included as part of the 2022-23 Budget. This historic Health Human Resources Action Plan directly connects to Saskatchewan’s Growth Plan. A stable…
Registered nurse vacancies in the NHS in England have reached a record high of almost 47,000, new figures have revealed. Data published today by NHS Digital shows nursing vacancies have jumped a significant 21% in just one year. There are a concerning 46,828 nurse vacancies…
Staffing Industry Analysts’ 2022 list of largest IT staffing firms in the US comprises 62 companies that generated $29.6 billion in IT staffing revenue. They represented 85% of the market share for IT staffing. “The number of companies breaking above $100 million in IT staffing…
New Zealand has hundreds fewer nurses per 100,000 people than Australia, with the divide doubling in a decade, figures show. The under-pressure health system has been plagued by nursing shortages at the same time demand from the latest Covid-19 outbreak and winter ills stretches resources…
Doctors on short-term locum contracts are being paid “desperation money” as the Queensland state government grapples with a chronic doctor shortage. According to the Courier Mail, tax-payer-funded pay packages worth $1 million per year have been offered to fly-in locum doctors as some hospitals have…