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Looking back over a graveyard of false promises: Our President's reaction to Matt Hancock's speech

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11 Jun 2021

HCSA President Dr Claudia Paoloni responds to the health secretary's appearance before a Commons select committee over PPE and the Covid-19 pandemic Read more ››

HCSA lobbying government for better protection for health and care workers

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03 Jun 2021

HCSA will today lobby government officials alongside more than 20 healthcare organisations to call for better PPE protection for staff caring for Covid-19 patients. Read more ››

HCSA invites Foundation doctors to join with a 50pc reduction in annual rates

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14 May 2021

Foundation doctors now have even more reason to join HCSA following a 50 per cent reduction in annual rates. Read more ››

HCSA warns of vital specialist skills being lost as hundreds of anaesthetists face job losses this summer

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13 May 2021

HCSA has said the move to drop almost 700 anaesthetists from the NHS training scheme is 'risky and illogical'. Read more ››

Wales hospital doctors urge political parties to deliver on pay pledge in face of ‘cliff edge’ on staffing

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03 May 2021

Hospital doctors’ union HCSA Wales / Cymru has urged the next government to uphold a pledge to honour commitments on pay to avoid a post-pandemic cliff edge on medical staffing. Read more ››

Scotland hospital doctors warn political parties against complacency on post-Covid ‘cliff edge’ on staffing

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03 May 2021

Hospital doctors’ union HCSA Scotland has warned that the country faces a post-pandemic cliff edge on medical staffing as the impact of Covid compounds issues of vacancies, falling pay and morale. Read more ››