NHS

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

12 Dec, 2023 @ 12:54

Health·Lead

Cancer care with the underwear as Gibraltar teams up with Morrisons to spread NHS advice

HEALTH chiefs in Gibraltar are partnering with the local Morrisons supermarket and the NHS to put cancer awareness messages on underwear labels. The innovative way

24 Sep, 2023 @ 09:35

Gibraltar·Health

London Diaries – Thanking our NHS heroes

SOME superheroes don’t wear capes.

3 Apr, 2020 @ 19:50

Health

OUTRAGE after British expat in Marbella set to earn over €2,000 PER DAY consulting for cash-strapped NHS board in UK

A MARBELLA-based management consultant brought in to cut costs to a struggling Welsh NHS is set to rake in more than €2,000 per DAY. Expert

29 Oct, 2019 @ 12:21

Health·Lead·Malaga

British pensioners in Spain to lose free healthcare under no-deal Brexit

The new UK Government guidelines, published yesterday, say pensioners, tourists and students in the EU will lose free healthcare after March 29 in the event

29 Jan, 2019 @ 18:06

Health·Lead·National News

EU migrants in Britain to be granted right to stay in case of no-deal Brexit while future for UK expats remains uncertain

It is not known if British nationals living in the EU will be given reciprocal rights

20 Aug, 2018 @ 12:17

Lead·National News

EXPAT APPEAL: British mum’s desperate plea for drug that could help teenage son walk again

The mother is urging expats to donate £2 for a drug costing £125,000 per shot and the only treatment available for her son's neuromuscular disease

29 Jun, 2018 @ 13:03

Health·Lead·Other News

Spanish NHS nurse leaving UK and returning to Spain following abuse after Brexit vote

A Spanish NHS nurse is uprooting her whole family and moving to Spain following abuse they have received in the wake of the Brexit vote.

18 Jan, 2018 @ 12:32

Lead

Cambridge Weight Plan brings innovative new treatment to Spain for diabetes sufferers

It has become so successful in the UK that the NHS uses it as the first-port-of-call for diabetes treatment.

13 Nov, 2017 @ 10:30

Health·Lead

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

11 Nov, 2017 @ 13:44

Education·Health

A suntan on kids is ‘not healthy’ and a sign of ‘skin damage’, UK’s NHS warns

One in 10 said they had told their child to take their top off in the sun to avoid getting tan lines

27 Jun, 2017 @ 13:01

Health·Lead·Travel News

Spain suffering chronic shortage of nurses despite 20% increase in numbers during last 10 years

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

Pensioners returning home post-Brexit could cost the UK’s NHS €1.15 billion per year

The UK government currently pays €575 million a year for healthcare provided to some 190,000 British pensioners living in the EU

6 Jun, 2017 @ 12:28

Health·Lead·Mallorca·National News·Politics

BREAKING: Spain’s Telefonica and UK’s NHS held to ransom by global cyberattack affecting 74 countries

The virus threatens to delete files if no money is paid

12 May, 2017 @ 20:54

Business & Finance·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca·National News

Fundraising plea to help Alpujarras new mum beat cancer

Alpujarras resident Colette Nolan, whose son Zebedee is 10-months-old, desperately needs to raise €100,000 to pay for innovative therapy at the ChemoThermia Oncology Centre in

22 Mar, 2017 @ 15:26

Granada·Health·Lead

Ashya King ‘cancer free and back at school’ in Spain after treatment row with the UK’s NHS

NHS doctors said the treatment would fail

16 Feb, 2017 @ 11:38

Health·Lead·Malaga·National News

Sussing out the system: Spain’s healthcare service

The healthcare service in Spain and how to make the most of it

28 Jun, 2016 @ 09:00

NHS to clampdown on British expats

UK expats will no longer be able to pop home for NHS operations or routine checkups

25 Apr, 2015 @ 16:15

Health·Lead·National 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

NHS employ Spanish nurses with poor English

NHS trusts could be putting patients 'at risk' by employing nurses with a low level of English

2 Dec, 2014 @ 13:18

Lead·National News

Ashya King leaves hospital for the first time… to go for pizza

He is to be discharged on Friday and expected to return to Spain for further treatment

20 Oct, 2014 @ 14:31

Lead

Ashya King parents explain the moment police split up their family as Ashya speaks first words in Prague hospital

Brain tumour patient Ashya King begins his recovery in Prague after the NHS agrees to fund proton beam therapy

30 Sep, 2014 @ 11:31

Lead·National News

UPDATE: Ashya King parents extradition hearing in Madrid postponed until Tuesday

Brett King, 51, and his wife Naghemeh, 45, fled to Spain with their five-year-old son who has a brain tumour

1 Sep, 2014 @ 13:00

Lead·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

National News

No cash, no care in Benalmadena

EXCLUSIVE: Security called in after British mother refuses to pay €450 in cash to hospital after her son suffers serious puncture wound to his testicles

18 Apr, 2013 @ 12:09

Lead·Malaga

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

Cancer care with the underwear as Gibraltar teams up with Morrisons to spread NHS advice

London Diaries – Thanking our NHS heroes

OUTRAGE after British expat in Marbella set to earn over €2,000 PER DAY consulting for cash-strapped NHS board in UK

British pensioners in Spain to lose free healthcare under no-deal Brexit

EU migrants in Britain to be granted right to stay in case of no-deal Brexit while future for UK expats remains uncertain

EXPAT APPEAL: British mum’s desperate plea for drug that could help teenage son walk again

Spanish NHS nurse leaving UK and returning to Spain following abuse after Brexit vote

Cambridge Weight Plan brings innovative new treatment to Spain for diabetes sufferers

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

A suntan on kids is ‘not healthy’ and a sign of ‘skin damage’, UK’s NHS warns

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

Pensioners returning home post-Brexit could cost the UK’s NHS €1.15 billion per year

BREAKING: Spain’s Telefonica and UK’s NHS held to ransom by global cyberattack affecting 74 countries

Fundraising plea to help Alpujarras new mum beat cancer

Ashya King ‘cancer free and back at school’ in Spain after treatment row with the UK’s NHS

Sussing out the system: Spain’s healthcare service

NHS to clampdown on British expats

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

Welsh NHS forced to employ 70 Spanish nurses over Skype

NHS employ Spanish nurses with poor English

Ashya King leaves hospital for the first time… to go for pizza

Ashya King parents explain the moment police split up their family as Ashya speaks first words in Prague hospital

UPDATE: Ashya King parents extradition hearing in Madrid postponed until Tuesday

UK turns to Spain to plug nursing gap

No cash, no care in Benalmadena

BRAVO PEDRO! Taking a stand against Donald Trump’s illegal war makes me proud to call Spain my home

Top court says ‘no grounds’ to try ex-president Carlos Mazon over handling of Valencia flood disaster

Giant whale shark spotted in Strait of Gibraltar as warm-water tropical fish are increasingly making Spanish waters their home

The Costa Blanca is facing some of the steepest price rises in Spain -how is inflation hitting food, energy and housing in the area?

Huge police operation as ‘dangerous’ French fugitive is arrested on the Costa del Sol

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