Message from NHS Purchasing concerning Agency staff – Frontline Swine Flu immunization programme.
NHS Employers have not issued any guidance regarding agency staff. We will be seeking guidance from them and will forward this on to you when received. In the meantime we would expect anyone who considered themselves to be at risk to approach their GP or the substantive NHS trust that they are working in.

South Africa has won silverware at the Homeless World Cup finals in Milan, Italy, after UK entrepreneur and Ambition 24Locums managing director Penny Streeter OBE, once homeless herself, stepped in and paid for the team’s air travel to the event after government funding was withdrawn.

Ambition 24Locums stepped in and paid for the air travel for the South African football team today when their government funding was suddenly withdrawn for the flight of the 10-man squad to the Homeless World Cup in Italy next week. Once homeless herself, managing director Penny Streeter’s company Ambition 24Locums is a major investor in South Africa.

Vacancies for hospital doctors and other staff in the UK have increased for the first time in five years, according to official figures from the NHS Information Centre. Increasing patient demand, the lack of training places, staff retirement and changes in immigration laws are all thought to responsible for the situation.