Becton Dickinson (BD), which manufactures most of the blood tubes used by NHS, has alerted NHS England and Improvement (NHSE/I) to a global shortage some its products. This includes two types tubes: those with yellow or purple top. BD says that covid-19 pandemic created unpredictable demand it seen in past 70 years. The company also been difficult for customers predict quantities they will be ...

The longstanding bureaucratic logjam preventing much needed foreign qualified doctors from supplementing local skills shortfalls has been shaken loose while much improved rural and 'scarce skills' allowances are set to flow from July this year. Lobbying of the National Department of Health (DOH) by the Rural Doctors Association of South Africa (RUDASA), plus a court action in May 2001 by the Fo...