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NHS Employers welcomes nursing degree apprenticeship announcement

10 / 8 / 2020 1.52pm

NHS Employers has welcomed a new government package worth £172 million to help train more nursing degree apprentices.

NHS People Plan welcome but no quick solution to years of disinvestment

29 / 7 / 2020 11.30pm

Responding to the announcement of the NHS People Plan for 2020/21, Danny Mortimer, chief executive of NHS Employers, which is part of the NHS Confederation, said NHS People Plan welcome but no quick solution to years of disinvestment

NHS Employers welcomes funding for research projects to investigate COVID-19 and ethnicity

29 / 7 / 2020 8.11am

A total of £4.3 million of funding has been awarded to six new research projects to investigate COVID-19 and ethnicity by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).

Investment needed in nurse training placement capacity, says NHS Employers

21 / 7 / 2020 8.49am

NHS Employers has responded to the RCN report, "Beyond the Bursary: Workforce Supply".

‘Absolutely vital’ for nursing staff to be valued and supported during coming months

17 / 7 / 2020 7.47am

NHS Employers has responded to the findings of an RCN survey showing an increase in nursing staff thinking of leaving the profession.

Urgent need to recruit internationally into care worker posts

14 / 7 / 2020 2.29pm

NHS Employers has responded to the latest update from the Government on the health and care visa and the health immigration surcharge.

Government provides no solution to social care ‘staffing blackhole’

13 / 7 / 2020 2.41pm

NHS Employers has responded to the publication of further detail on the UK's points-based immigration system.

Increases in nurses and midwives ‘drop in the ocean’, says NHS Employers

09 / 7 / 2020 7.48am

NHS Employers has responded to the NMC's latest annual registration report for nursing and midwifery staff.

Immigration Bill fails to solve social care crisis

18 / 5 / 2020 11.02am

Responding to the Immigration Bill which returns to Parliament today Danny Mortimer, co-convenor of the Cavendish Coalition and chief executive of NHS Employers, which is part of the NHS Confederation, said Immigration Bill fails to solve social care crisis

Further steps on visa extensions welcomed by NHS Employers

29 / 4 / 2020 3.43pm

Responding to today’s announcement about visa extensions for frontline health and care workers, Danny Mortimer, chief executive of NHS Employers, which is part of the NHS Confederation, said further steps on visa extensions welcomed by NHS Employers