Nicola Small

Feb 5, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Nicola Small |Fiona Stevenson |Benjamin Brown |Yumna Masood

1 INTRODUCTION Before COVID-19, we might have been offered a telephone appointment some of the time, but most of the time, people were offered, and wanted a face-to-face appointment. Since COVID-19, most people's appointments have been over the telephone, with only a small number of people seeing their general practitioners (GPs) face-to-face in general practice surgery or via a video call.1 This was to ensure patient and general practice staff safety.

Nov 25, 2023 | mirror.co.uk | Nicola Small

Family health visitors’ caseloads are at four times the recommended level in some parts of England due to cuts, figures reveal. It means each worker has to cover more than 1,200 children instead of the Institute of Health Visiting’s target of 250. The Lib Dems found the alarming statistics, which show in the last four years health visitor numbers in England have been cut by 21% – from 6,931 to 5,473.

Nov 4, 2023 | mirror.co.uk | Nicola Small

Plans for Guy Fawkes Night are going up in smoke across the nation as waterlogged ground makes many events a washout. Nearly 200 flood alerts and warnings remained in place last night – but brighter weather is on the way. Bonfire revellers can hope to stay dry with no Met Office rain warnings for the first time in days. But downpours from Storm Ciaran have stopped many events due to ground conditions.

Oct 28, 2023 | mirror.co.uk | Nicola Small

The country’s biggest care provider is facing a staffing crisis – with four in 10 workers threatening to quit over “poverty pay”. HC-One owns more than 275 care homes, where union bosses say 40% of staff are considering leaving because they don’t earn enough to live. The lowest-paid carers earn just £10.47 an hour – compared to the £686,000 that HC-One’s highest paid director took home last year.

Oct 21, 2023 | mirror.co.uk | Nicola Small

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