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Britain is no longer attractive to health workers from Spain: Nurses blast post-Brexit rules and worsening conditions

A COMBINATION of Brexit and worsening work conditions have prompted more and more Spanish nursing staff to up sticks and leave the United Kingdom. In many cases these workers are returning home

12 Dec, 2023 @ 12:54

Health·Lead

Madrid hospital worker masterminded database fraud to register 'anti-vaxxers' in Spain for Covid-19 certificates

Ten-year-old boy in Spain ends up in intensive care after hospital gives him ketamine overdose

A 10-YEAR-OLD child ended up in intensive care after a Madrid hospital accidentally administered him a dose of the tranquiliser ketamine that was meant for an adult weighing 130 kilos. The incident

25 Mar, 2023 @ 15:00

Health·Lead·Madrid

Spain's Costa Blanca has third-highest total of health worker attacks and threats in the country

Spain’s Costa Blanca has third-highest number of health worker attacks and threats in the country

ALICANTE PROVINCE had the third-highest number of assaults and threats made to health workers in Spain last year according to the Policia Nacional. The region had 16 assaults last year- six more

2 Mar, 2023 @ 13:02

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Health·Lead·Valencian Community

A judge has ordered the Valencian Ministry of Health to compensate 150 Alicante health workers who did not have any proper PPE equipment in the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Alicante court says doctors, nurses, and health support staff are entitled to compensation amounts varying between €5,000 and €49,180 for 'personal and moral damages'. There has been no comment from the Valencian government or Health Ministry. It's presumed that an appeal will be launched against the ruling. The lawsuit was filed against the regional Health Ministry by the Sindicato Medico(Medical Union). It claimed compensation on behalf of 150 Alicante area members for the 'non-compliance' of the Ministry for not providing safety protection between March and May 2020. The Alicante court ruling obliges each worker to get €5,000 if 'they were forced to work without adequate protection elements'. The payout is €15,000 for 'each workers who had to go into isolation if they were in contact with anybody infected with COVID-19'. A €35,000 payment is ordered for any worker 'infected with COVID-19 but who did not require hospital admission'. Any health worker who did catch the coronavirus and was hospitalised will get the highest amount of €49,180. The Sindicato Medico says that it is pleased by the recognition the court has given its members and pointing out the 'negligent attitude towards health and safety' of health workers. Similar claims have been filed in other courts in the Valencian Community.

What Spain needs to solve worrying shortage of nurses

Spain is battling a concerning shortage of nurses and experts in the field have pointed out what is needed to solve the crisis. Spain is amid a nursing crisis and needs nearly

27 Nov, 2022 @ 14:15

Health·Lead·Murcia·National News·Valencia

Demonstration Against Opening Of New Pandemic Hospital, Valdebebas, Spain Dec 01 2020 Valdebebas, Spain. 01 December,

Alarm over nurse shortage in Spain

SOME 95,000 nurses are needed in Spain to reach the European average, according to a new report from The General Nursing Council (CGE). The president of the CGE in an interview with

23 Sep, 2022 @ 14:09

Health·Lead·National News

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Medics recognised in Spain for their work during pandemic on International Nurses Day

NURSES and other medics are being thanked for their hard work during the pandemic today, to coincide with International Nurses Day. Thousands of professionals worked long hours in potentially lethal conditions to

12 May, 2022 @ 10:30

Balearic Islands·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Spain’s Malaga has five times fewer Covid hospital admissions than a year ago

Racist drunk threatens to kill female hospital doctor in Spain’s Valencia

A drunk man threatened to kill a doctor in a Valencia hospital emergency department and uttered racist insults against her. The 34-year-old man was suffering from acute alcohol poisoning and has been

25 Feb, 2022 @ 12:03

Crime & Law·Health·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Violent mother lashes out at two nurses during attack in ‘understaffed’ pediatric ward in Spain

AN irate mother lashed out at a pair of nurses during a rampage over the breakfast served to her daughter at a Marbella hospital. The two nurses were working in the pediatric

15 Dec, 2021 @ 13:45

Health·Lead·Malaga·Other News

'SAFETY FIRST' as nursing group in Spain's Valencia region appeals Johnson & Johnson vaccine recipients to see their doctor if they get serious side-effects

‘SAFETY FIRST’ as nurses in Spain’s Valencia region tell Johnson & Johnson vaccine recipients to report persistent serious side-effects

A Valencia region nursing body has asked people getting Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccines to visit their medical centre if they get persistent adverse side-effects three days after being inoculated. The call

23 Apr, 2021 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Spain is the country with the most coronavirus infections among healthcare personnel

SPAIN is the country that has the most coronavirus infections among healthcare personnel.

25 Apr, 2020 @ 13:59

Health·Lead·National News

Easier exams of Spanish nurses to work in UK hospitals given go-ahead

The Occupational English Test is said to be easier as it tests nurses’ knowledge of medical terms in contrast to understanding complex scientific processes and articles.

11 Nov, 2017 @ 13:44

Education·Health

Number of EU nurses applying to UK has dropped by 96% since Brexit referendum

The NHS is already struggling with nurse vacancies

12 Jun, 2017 @ 16:23

Health·Lead·National News·Politics

Axarquia medical centre the most ‘under pressure’ in Malaga province

Each doctor is seeing 700 more people than recommended by the Andalucian Health Service

15 Nov, 2016 @ 09:45

Health·Malaga

Spanish nurses rushing home post Brexit

The NHS has started to look further afield

6 Oct, 2016 @ 17:00

Health·National News·Other News

Spanish nurses join the ranks of foreign recruits fleeing the NHS after just months in the job

The language barrier, trouble adjusting and the weather force hundreds to return home

20 Feb, 2015 @ 14:51

Health·Lead

Welsh NHS forced to employ 70 Spanish nurses over Skype

NHS shortages in Wales have forced bosses to recruit nurses from abroad

7 Jan, 2015 @ 13:03

Health·National News

Big cuts in Spain’s healthcare

Healthcare cuts in Spain three times higher than European average

14 Dec, 2014 @ 10:00

Health

Axarquia nurses take their patients out to lunch

They say it helps to get the patients away from their routine

17 May, 2014 @ 08:30

Malaga

UK turns to Spain to plug nursing gap

Shortage of specialist nurses in the UK leads NHS trust to look abroad

25 Feb, 2014 @ 06:30

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