UK hospitals are using nurses to cover for doctors because of an NHS-wide shortage of medics, raising fears that “substitute doctors” may provide inferior care. Health professionals known as advanced practitioners – who are mainly senior nurses – are undertaking roles usually performed by doctors in A&E, neonatal units, critical care and other areas. Almost…
Shorouk Express On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch At the Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza, trauma nurse Elidalis Burgos is sitting with the lifeless body of one-year-old Khaled. As medics around her rush to treat…
Shorouk Express Dutch railway spokesperson Erik Kroeze told POLITICO that the Ministry of Defense recently reached out to the national railway company, Nederlandse Spoorweg, and that exploratory talks have begun. “The process is still in an early stage,” he said. Algemeen Dagblad reports that 24 Dutch trains — with the potential for more — are…
