Nurses' strike in Britain will be shorter due to recent High Court judgement.

Thousands of nurses in Britain were planned to go on strike the week after next, but the High Court ruled on Thursday that their actions were illegal, giving the government a modest victory in its ongoing conflict with public sector unions.

Despite the union's claims to the contrary...

A new study reveals that frontline Covid nurses face increasing mental health difficulties.

The CANDID project was financed by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) and co-led by academics from the University of Dundee and Edinburgh Napier University. They polled over 400 critical care nurses (CCNs) and 200 RDNs from facilities in Scotland, England, and Wales. 45 we...

Australian health professionals urge a united front in support of the NSW nurses' strike

Over the weekend, health professionals from all over Australia spoke to the WSWS in support of the striking New South Wales (NSW) nurses. Over 50,000 nurses and midwives will be among the 140,000 health professionals and educators who will walk out this week.

On March 31, 2022, NSW nurs...

Officials from Johor claim Nurses are in short supply in Malaysia because they prefer to work in Singapore for higher compensation

According to The Malay Mail, a Johor official has highlighted higher compensation in Singapore as one of the key reasons for the Malaysian state's nursing shortage.

The number of Malaysian nurses and doctors working in Singapore is increasing.

According to Johor's Heal...

U.S. Hospitals Hiring Foreign Nurses Amid Staff Shortage

One of the most shocking impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic was the Great Resignation. Many people decide to call it quits after staying at home during the lockdown leading to the greatest number of resignations that the United States has ever seen. 

One of the most affected sectors ...

Mental Health of Frontline Workers in Singapore

Public hospitals in Singapore claim that they have started providing counseling services and have offered peer support programs to look after the well-being of their workers.

Although the number of Covid positive cases is reducing in Singapore, the workload on healthcare workers is nowh...

NCID NURSE FEELS GRATEFUL TO BE AMONG FIRST SINGAPOREANS TO GET VACCINATIONS

HIGHLIGHTS

• Singapore started its COVID-19 inoculation practice on Wednesday (Dec 30), with more than 30 medical services laborers at the National Center for Infectious Diseases set to be the first to get the shots

Ranking staff nurture Mohamed ...

HEALTHCARE WORKERS ACCEPTING MORTALITY AS PART OF THE GAME: PANDEMIC

• Coronavirus is snuffing out the lives of individuals as the doctors are putting themselves in the line of duty to save lives.
• Doctors are making new wills and sleeping in dingy cars without a care for their own lives.

As coronavirus wreaks hav...

10 NURSES SUSPENDED IN CALIFORNIA: ASKED TO WORK WITHOUT n95 MASKS.

Highlights: 

• California in dire shortage of protective gears and masks 
• The nurses were refused masks stating they are not needed 
• Nurses refuse to treat patients without masks, hence suspended.

In a shocking incident, a gro...

AIRHOSTESSES TO NURSES! GROUNDED AIRLINE STAFF TO DON A NEW GARB

• Airhostesses will bring their finesse in serving passengers to cure patients laid low in the hospitals.
• Airhostesses will be taught the basics.

From the skies to the wards!. What a huge drop! This is what the airhostesses must feel when they don this new garb!...

INDIA’S MOST UNLIKELY HEROES COME UNDER SCATHING ATTACK

• Doctors are being manhandled
• Landlords and Societies are behaving irresponsibly

One thing that has come to the fore because of the ongoing war on COVID 19 is that the pandemic has made unlikely heroes of some. These unsung heroes have been Doctors, Nurses, Del...

The UK government plans to introduce a new visa for qualified doctors and nurses

On Thursday, the UK government announced plans to create a new visa for eligible doctors and nurses from countries across the world, namely India, in the National Health Service (NHS), which is funded by the government.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson pointed to such a proposed so-called &...

The recruitment of Filipino nurses facilitated by the Germans

THE German-Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GPCCI), in close participation with Germanys government office in Manila and to pay tribute to the German Federal Ministry of Healths Parliamentary State Secretarys visit to the Philippines, composed a roundtable on August 13, identified with t...