The NHS is grappling with an alarming trend as junior doctors increasingly abandon permanent roles in favour of higher-paying locum work. The flexibility, financial rewards, and independence offered by locum positions are proving too enticing to resist for many young medics. Adding to the phenomenon is the rise of “medfluencers” on platforms like TikTok, who … Read more
A National Health Service (NHS) consultant received nearly £90,000 in compensation after negligent bosses ignored her concerns about working excessive hours. Dr Pippa Stallworthy endured 13-hour daily shifts for eight months due to a surge in referrals handled by her mental health team, according to an employment tribunal. Desperate for additional support, the consultant clinical … Read more
Canadians weren’t spared the headaches of cancelled flights, delayed medical appointments and other problems caused by a failed cybersecurity software upgrade that caused a host of cascading issues around the globe on Friday. According to an alert sent by the global cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike to its clients and reviewed by Reuters, the company’s Falcon Sensor software … Read more
A global tech outage was disrupting operations in multiple industries on Friday, with airlines halting flights, some broadcasters off-air and everything from banking to health care hit by system problems. According to an alert sent by global cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike to its clients and reviewed by Reuters, the company’s Falcon Sensor software is causing Microsoft … Read more
The National Health Service in England is urging people with universal blood types to donate after a ransomware attack disrupted hospitals’ ability to match patients — underlining how cyberattacks can have serious and potentially life-threatening impacts. On June 3, hackers targeted pathology services provider Synnovis with ransomware. Ransomware attacks encrypt a company’s computer system, rendering it inoperable … Read more
Britain’s government said Tuesday that thousands of victims of the U.K.’s decades-long infected blood scandal will start receiving final compensation payments this year. The scandal, which lasted between the 1970s and the early 1990s, is seen as the deadliest episode to burden Britain’s state-run National Health Service since its establishment in 1948. Around 3,000 people … Read more
Ministers are under increasing pressure to address the chronic shortage of staff within the National Health Service (NHS) as recent figures reveal a staggering annual bill exceeding £10 billion for hiring temporary frontline workers. Hospitals and GP surgeries across the UK are grappling with a record expenditure of £4.6 billion on agency personnel, coupled with … Read more
