Tag: nurses
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
‘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...
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.
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.
Number of EU nurses applying to UK has dropped by 96% since Brexit referendum
The NHS is already struggling with nurse vacancies
Axarquia medical centre the most ‘under pressure’ in Malaga province
Each doctor is seeing 700 more people than recommended by the Andalucian Health Service
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
Welsh NHS forced to employ 70 Spanish nurses over Skype
NHS shortages in Wales have forced bosses to recruit nurses from abroad
Big cuts in Spain’s healthcare
Healthcare cuts in Spain three times higher than European average
Axarquia nurses take their patients out to lunch
They say it helps to get the patients away from their routine
UK turns to Spain to plug nursing gap
Shortage of specialist nurses in the UK leads NHS trust to look abroad