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Br J Hosp Med (Lond)
December 2024
School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen's University Belfast, Medical Biology Centre, Belfast, UK.
Health inequities exist in cardiovascular care and outcomes, especially among women, older people, individuals from racial and ethnic minorities, lower income and rural communities often those most vulnerable to adverse health outcomes. Such diverse groups form most of the patient population but they are rarely reflected in the composition of the cardiovascular care workforce. Yet a diverse cardiovascular health care workforce can enhance access to care, reduce health disparities and inequities, and improve quality of care and research for such underserved populations.
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December 2024
Endocrinology, Diabetes and General (Internal) Medicine, Royal Stoke University Hospital, University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, Stoke-on-Trent, North Staffordshire, UK.
Locally Employed Doctors (LEDs) are defined as any doctor below consultant grade, appointed within a UK National Health Service (NHS) Trust, who are not working within a national training scheme. They are a cohort significantly increasing in numbers. International Medical Graduates (IMGs) are overseas-qualified doctors who contribute to more than 30% of the workforce-related deficit in the number of UK-qualified doctors required to meet NHS requirements.
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December 2024
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK.
In this article, we describe how the landscape of hospital pharmacy has changed over the last 20 years. As well as commenting on the impact of COVID-19 on services, we describe five major advancements namely: clinical pharmacy services, the development of multi-professional teams, policy changes, attitudes to using and producing evidence, advances in technology and workforce development. Finally, there is brief comment around the future challenges for hospital pharmacy in the UK.
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December 2024
Trauma and Orthopaedics, British Orthopaedic Trainees Association, London, GBR.
The British Orthopaedic Trainee Association (BOTA) conducted its latest census in 2022 of its membership. The results of wellbeing, diversity, equity, inclusion and bullying are discussed here. This highlighted several key focuses for improvement.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: There is a critical shortage of registered nurses working in regional, rural and remote Australia. It is the people from these areas that are most likely to address this shortage. This research therefore sets out to explore the question "what is known about the experiences of regional, rural and remote Australian women undertaking a Bachelor of Nursing program delivered online?".
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