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

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

Simon Hunter - 25 Mar, 2023 @ 15:00

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...

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

Alex Trelinski - 2 Mar, 2023 @ 13:02

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...

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What Spain needs to solve worrying shortage of nurses

Anthony Piovesan - 27 Nov, 2022 @ 14:15

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

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

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Alarm over nurse shortage in Spain

Jorge Hinojosa - 23 Sep, 2022 @ 14:09

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...

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

Simon Wade - 12 May, 2022 @ 10:30

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...

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

Valencia

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

Alex Trelinski - 25 Feb, 2022 @ 12:03

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...

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

Kirsty Mckenzie - 15 Dec, 2021 @ 13:45

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

Costa Blanca

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

Alex Trelinski - 23 Apr, 2021 @ 15:00

A Valencia region nursing body has asked people getting Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccines to visit their medical centre if they get persistent adverse...

Health

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

Dimitris Kouimtsidis - 25 Apr, 2020 @ 13:59

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

Education

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

Jed Neill - 11 Nov, 2017 @ 13:44

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.

Health

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

Laurence Dollimore - 12 Jun, 2017 @ 16:23

The NHS is already struggling with nurse vacancies

Health

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

Laurence Dollimore - 15 Nov, 2016 @ 09:45

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

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Spanish nurses rushing home post Brexit

Samantha Mordi - 6 Oct, 2016 @ 17:00

The NHS has started to look further afield

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

Imogen Calderwood - 20 Feb, 2015 @ 14:51

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

Welsh NHS forced to employ 70 Spanish nurses over Skype

Staff Reporter - 7 Jan, 2015 @ 13:03

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

Health

Big cuts in Spain’s healthcare

Rob Horgan - 14 Dec, 2014 @ 10:00

Healthcare cuts in Spain three times higher than European average

Malaga

Axarquia nurses take their patients out to lunch

Imogen Calderwood - 17 May, 2014 @ 08:30

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

National News

UK turns to Spain to plug nursing gap

Claire Wilson - 25 Feb, 2014 @ 06:30

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

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