Worker Shortages Threaten Health Advances - Report
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A shortage of doctors, nurses and midwives around the globe is threatening health initiatives and could have dire political and economic consequences, public health experts said on Friday.
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Casualty departments are still failing to treat people quickly enough, according to the latest figures.
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Many Americans are in danger of losing their health insurance coverage due to the rapid increase of employer sponsored health insurance plans.
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The region&#39;s largest hospital alliance is worried that it won&#39;t have enough flu shots to provide to employees and patients for the upcoming flu season.
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Thousands of extra surgeons are going to be needed over the next few years to meet demand, a report warns.
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The gap between rises in health insurance premiums and wages is at its widest point in six years, a survey said on Tuesday, which experts said puts workers in a perilous position should the economy turn sour.
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A study by South African medical journal warned Tuesday that the country needs more nurses as the number HIV/AIDS infections rises among health care workers.
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THURSDAY, Oct. 7 (HealthDayNews) -- Continuing drug shortages are having far-reaching, negative impacts on patient care and hospital costs, says a survey conducted by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) and pharmacy residents at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
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The UK strawberry crop may be under threat due to a shortage of migrant workers, the farmers' union warns.
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TORONTO (CP) - A shortage of homegrown physicians, combined with the aggressive recruitment of Canadian doctors by other countries, is a "perfect storm" that threatens Canada's health-care reforms, the president of the Canadian Medical Association said Wednesday.
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Continuing drug shortages are having far-reaching, negative impacts on patient care and hospital costs, says a survey conducted by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (news - web sites) (ASHP) and pharmacy residents at Johns Hopkins Hospital
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Africa needs to nearly triple the number of its health workers if it is to reverse plummeting life expectancies and combat pandemics of disease, a research group of more than 100 scholars and experts said in a report released today.
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Labor and management have hit an impasse, which has included union threats of a strike over better working conditions, protection of health and other benefits.
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Measures to tackle rising public health problems are being hit by a lack of funds, health chiefs say.
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The public must be alerted about the risk that not managing water properly could lead to shortages, MPs warn.
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Millions more health workers are needed if global health is going to be improved over the next decade, a study says.
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Out-of-hours GP services are suffering because of a lack of funding from regional health bosses, doctors say.