A hospital nurse “left broken” by working on the front line has warned that the NHS will see a mass departure of staff if more is not done to support them during the pandemic.
Hospital staff on the coronavirus frontline have described how there is “very little joy” in the job during the second wave, with some in intensive care units resigning and managers concerned over the long-term mental health impact on employees.
A “large number” of “exhausted” intensive care staff may decide to leave the profession once the coronavirus pandemic is over, a matron at a London hospital has warned.
With International Nurses Day just past, in this week’s Aberdonian we’re taking a look back at those who have looked after us through the decades. From our archives we’ve selected some pictures highlighting the achievements of our nurses from 1969 to 1994. Click below to view the full gallery:
In the first part of our series looking at neonatal care and support, Evening Express reporter Lee McCann speaks to nurses taking care of sick babies in the city’s Aberdeen Maternity Hospital
The images, shared on the health board's social media, show nurses from across a wide range of hospitals, wards and units marking Nurses Day yesterday.
The team of surgical nurses from Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital want to revamp their ward and the nurses’ station with new decor to “brighten” them up.
Health bosses in the north-east have cut spending on agency workers to protect staffing budgets amid “ongoing recruitment challenges”, a new report said.
Concerns have been raised that proposed changes to NHS Grampian employee contracts could result in “major recruitment and retention problems” for the health board.
Doctors from Norway are sharing expertise with their NHS Grampian counterparts and vice versa in a bid to help tackle recruitment problems in both countries.