‘Trainees are under pressure to fill rota gaps, which leads to patient safety concerns on a regular basis’

Welsh hospitals are understaffed and overstretched. Over two-thirds of trainees report regular and frequent rota gaps, almost one-third of advertised consultant posts go unfilled, and absence due to sickness is rising.  As 120 doctors and health professionals gather today (Thursday 09 May) in Deeside for the Royal College of Physician’s (RCP) second north Wales conference, the college has…

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NEU Cymru figures show tax-payers money funds private supply teacher agencies

All authorities bar one (Denbighshire) responded to the request. The figures showed: £113,948,515 was spent on agency supply staff in the above period; Two authorities, Neath Port Talbot and Newport, won’t payroll supply teachers directly, forcing schools to go to agencies. In Wrexham, supply teachers can only be paid directly in certain circumstances; Eight authorities…

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