Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel, DHSC (updated 2nd August 2022)
Sets out the principles and best practice benchmarks health and social care employers and recruitment agencies must follow to ensure effective, ethical international recruitment.
2 August 2022Updated to strengthen best practice benchmarks including the setting of principles on the use of repayment clauses in employment contracts; set out the routes of escalation for concerns about exploitative recruitment or employment practices and breaches of the code; clarify how the code applies to different international recruitment models; and expand scenario examples on how the code applies in practice. The ' Agency list ' has al...
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - August 2, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The U.S. Physician Shortage Is Only Going to Get Worse. Here Are Potential Solutions
If you’ve recently had to wait longer to see a doctor than you used to, that may not be entirely because of the COVID-19 pandemic. America is experiencing a physician shortage, and it’s only expected to get worse—a concerning situation that could lead to poorer health outcomes for many patients.
Data published in 2020 by the Association of American Medical Colleges estimates that the U.S. could see a shortage of 54,100 to 139,000 physicians by 2033. That shortfall is expected to span both primary- and specialty-care fields.
“The physician shortage can justly be characterized as a looming public-heal...
Source: TIME: Health - July 25, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Elaine K. Howley Tags: Uncategorized freelance Health Care healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Locum Tenens for Millenials; Private Practice as a Cure for Burnout
(MedPage Today) -- Welcome to this week's edition of Healthcare Career Insights. This weekly roundup highlights healthcare career-related articles culled from across the Web to help you learn what's next.Using technology to lessen the load and... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - June 26, 2022 Category: American Health Source Type: news
The PBJ's Private 100 2022: #7, MyTeam Medical Staffing
The company scores a coveted single-digit ranking on the P100 List. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines - June 14, 2022 Category: Health Management Source Type: news
Short-staffed GP practices increasingly unable to hire locums, poll shows
Four in five GP partners say their practice has been unable to recruit a locum doctor when they needed one within the past six months - heaping extra pressure on other staff, a GPonline poll shows. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - June 6, 2022 Category: Primary Care Tags: GP locums Source Type: news
Sen. Cramer Introduces Bill to Increase Transparency of Travel Nursing Agencies
Senator Kevin Cramer has introduced the Travel Nursing Agency Transparency Study Act. This legislation would require the Government Accountability Office to conduct a study and report to Congress on the business practices and the effects of nurse staffing agencies across the healthcare industry during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - June 6, 2022 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Pandemic Drove Greater Reliance on Locum Tenens Docs: Survey Pandemic Drove Greater Reliance on Locum Tenens Docs: Survey
A survey of healthcare managers at more than 200 organizations shows that physicians and healthcare employers alike are embracing locum tenens work in response to lingering effects of the pandemic.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - June 2, 2022 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care News Source Type: news
The contrast media shortage's impact on radiology
The shutdown of GE Healthcare's Shanghai, China, plant that began in April ha...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - June 2, 2022 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Locum Tenens Providers Widely Used to Address Staff Shortages
(MedPage Today) -- Nearly nine out of 10 healthcare facilities (88%) used locum tenens providers to address staffing shortages during the past year, according to a nationwide survey of healthcare executives and managers conducted by a large staffing... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - June 1, 2022 Category: American Health Source Type: news
When will programs and policies enacted during the pandemic end?
The public health emergency related to the COVID-19 pandemic is scheduled t...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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Legal win forces a change to the No Surprises Act (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - May 17, 2022 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Cochrane seeks Director of Development - UK remote
Specifications: Full Time (Permanent role)Salary:£85,000 per annumLocation:UK, homebased and remote-working (attendance at meetings will be expected to pursue development and build relations)Application Closing Date: Monday 6th June 2022, 9am GMT. The recruitment agency will be longlisting applications as soon as they receive them, so please apply early to register your interest. Cochrane aims to put evidence at the heart of health decision-making globally. They collaborate to produce trusted synthesized evidence, make it accessible to all, and advocate for its use. Cochrane is seeking a Director of Development to...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - May 6, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Muriah Umoquit Source Type: news
AUC penalty phase set to begin
Will the U.S. government's requirement to use clinical decision support (CDS...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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Coverage is expanded for CT lung cancer screening (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - May 6, 2022 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
What It's Like to be a Traveling Orthopedic Surgeon?
(MedPage Today) -- Sonya Sloan, MD, is a traveling orthopedic surgeon, a locum tenens physician, an author, a speaker, and a mother. In her work across the U.S. for more than a decade, she has seen and treated just about everything. She was also... (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - April 29, 2022 Category: Surgery Source Type: news
What's It Like to Be a Traveling Orthopedic Surgeon?
(MedPage Today) -- Sonya Sloan, MD, is a traveling orthopedic surgeon, a locum tenens physician, an author, a speaker, and a mother. In her work across the U.S. for more than a decade, she has seen and treated just about everything. She was also... (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - April 29, 2022 Category: Surgery Source Type: news
Cost of living pushing more staff to ‘off-framework’ agencies
Clinicians are increasingly choosing to join ‘off-framework’ staffing agencies which pay higher day rates, pushing up trusts’ costs, according to information shared with HSJ. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - April 27, 2022 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
