The REC is continuing to take forward the views and concerns of agencies with regards to the new contract for non-clinical temporary staff within the NHS.   The REC has been in regular dialogue with the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency (PASA) on the terms and conditions that were published earlier this month. There are a [...]

A meeting of the Home Offices’s Migration Advisory Committee to discuss the shortage of care workers failed to resolve the problems caused by the government’s new points- based immigration system. Peter Cullimore, chairman of the REC’s (Recruitment & Employment Confederation’s) social care and nursing sector group, says the committee, which met on 15 December,  failed [...]

By Jane Elliott  - Health reporter, BBC News           A group of nurses at the hospital Life was hard for many Victorian children, particularly for the poor and malnourished whose lives were often plagued by sickness. Diseases like tuberculosis (TB), diphtheria, rheumatic fever, croup and measles were rife, and often killers. Even if the children [...]

The healthcare sector appear to be immune to the UK economy’s ills. Demand for staff is on the up and clients are increasingly turning to agencies for help in sourcing staff.   The Monster Employment Index [http://monster.co.uk] has recorded four consecutive months of growth in the sector taking the industry to a record high of 230 [...]

Industry Areas – Recruitment Jobs – Healthcare Sector The UK health sector employs approximately two million people across a range of organisations within the public, independent and voluntary sectors. 12.8% of graduates and 1.7% of HND leavers became health care professionals. These included positions such as Doctors, Nurses, Dentists etc.  The balance; 84.5%, includes Care Workers, Domiciliary Care [...]