Our Public Affairs Officer has written a column for the Western Mail today. It looks at the inadequate staffing levels in the NHS in Wales. Take a look here and leave a comment on this blog if you have something to share on this topic. Share:
Posts Tagged ‘shortage’
Why Wales has to attract the best medical talent
Monday, June 14th, 2010
Why Wales has to persuade doctors to come home
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010I was pleased to read this article in the Western Mail yesterday written by Conservative Assembly Member Andrew RT Davies, endorsing our We’ll Keep A Welcome campaign. BMA Cymru have consistently highlighted the problem of the shortage of doctors in Wales, which could lead to the NHS becoming unsafe for both staff and patients. This [...]
Welsh Cancer Standards
Monday, May 10th, 2010The Western Mail today reports on Wales falling short on meeting national cancer standards. Health professionals throughout Wales are committed to providing the best possible services to patients, and welcome the Welsh Assembly Governments ambition to achieve 100 per cent compliance across this set of standards – unfortunately the reality falls woefully short of the [...]
400 doctors short in Wales
Monday, March 22nd, 2010The BBC have reported today that Wales is short of almost 400 doctors. These problems come as no surprise to us at the BMA, having predicted that these shortages would happen at some point. For some time now we have been trying to meet with representatives from the WAG, to see how we can work [...]