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NHS in England facing worst

staffing crisis in history

THE large number of unfilled A 'NATIONAL SCANDAL' land by 6,000.
NHS job vacancies is posing a seri- An accompanying report found There was concern about mater-
ous risk to patient safety, a report that rates of harassment and abuse nity services, with more than 500
by MPs says. It found England is in the NHS were concerningly high midwives leaving the health service
now short of 12,000 hospital doc- with 28% of staff experiencing at between March 2021 and March
tors and more than 50,000 nurses least one incident of bullying in the 2022.
and midwives, calling this the worst last twelve months. The committee The committee described a situa-
workforce crisis in NHS history. also heard evidence from former tion where NHS pensions arrange-
It said a reluctance to decisively Health Secretary Sajid Javid, who ments meant some senior doctors
plug the staffing gap could threaten resigned earlier this month, that the were better off retiring or reducing
plans to tackle the Covid treatment government was not on track to de- their working hours as a "national
backlog. The government said the liver its manifesto commitment to scandal" and called for swift action
workforce is growing and NHS Eng- increase the number of GPs in Eng- to change the rules.
land is drawing up long-term plans
UK set for slowest growth of to recruit more staff.
Former Health Secretary Jeremy
G7 countries in 2023 Hunt, who chairs the Commons
health and social care select com-
mittee that produced the report,
THE UK is set for the slowest It said fast-rising prices were to said tackling the shortage must be
growth of the G7 richest econo- blame for much of the slowdown, a "top priority" for the new prime
mies next year, the International with households and business- minister when they take over in
September.
Monetary Fund has warned. It es squeezed by a combination of "Persistent understaffing in the
is predicting UK growth will fall higher prices and higher borrowing NHS poses a serious risk to staff
to just 0.5% in 2023, much lower costs as policymakers raise interest and patient safety, a situation com-
than its forecast in April of 1.2%. rates to try to counter inflation. pounded by the absence of a long-
The global economy has shrunk for "The global economy, still reeling term plan by the government to
the first time since 2020, the IMF from the pandemic and Russia's tackle it," he said.
said, hit by the Ukraine war and invasion of Ukraine, is facing an
Covid-19. With growth stalling in increasingly gloomy and uncertain
the UK, US, China and Europe, the outlook," economist Pierre-Olivier
world "may soon be teetering on Gourinchas wrote in a blog out- Amazon Prime subscription price
the edge of a global recession", it lining the international lending
said. The IMF has cut its 2022 glob- body's latest economic forecast. raised by £1 a month
al growth forecast to just 3.2% and The outlook has darkened signif-
warned the slowdown risks being icantly" since April, the last time
even more severe. the IMF issued forecasts, he added. an annual plan or cancellation of
membership was also an option.
The move comes at a time when
Inflation concerns hit 40-year many households are looking to
cut back on spending, with prices
high as prices keep rising of goods rising at the fastest pace
for 40 years. Retail analyst Na-
talie Berg, who has written a book
THE MORE people in Britain rising prices tracks inflation itself, about how Amazon will shape
are concerned about inflation now which reached a 40-year high of the future of shopping, said the
than at any point since the early 9.4% in June, while economists Prime price hike was "not really
1980s, an Ipsos survey suggests. fear it could end up exceeding 10%. a surprise" after Amazon put up
Public concern about inflation has The survey, which asked 1,000 Brit- its prices for Prime in the US in
reached its highest level for 40 ish adults what they thought were February.
years as prices continue to climb, the most important issues facing AMAZON is to raise the price of increased subscription prices, de- "It is an incredibly bold move to
a survey suggests. A poll by Ip- Britain today, found inflation was its Prime service for UK custom- spite signs people are beginning increase fees smack in the middle
sos found 45% of British adults by far the biggest concern, followed ers due to higher operating costs. to cut back on streaming services. of the worst cost-of-living crisis
thought inflation was one of the by the economy in general, which From September, monthly sub- However, Amazon Prime offers in a generation, but Amazon is
most important issues facing the was mentioned by 34% of people. scriptions will go up £1 to £8.99 more than just its streaming ser- indispensable to many shoppers
country. The figure represents not No other issue scored more than and annual membership will rise vice. Prime also offer unlimited and they [the company] know
only an increase on the 40% who 16%, including the NHS, Brexit, from £79 to £95. Amazon said the deliveries of products. Amazon that," she told the BBC.
listed inflation as a concern in climate change and immigration. price rise, its first in the UK since said the new pricing would begin "Amazon has become so deeply
June, but also the highest recorded People aged between 18 and 34 2014, was partly due to inflation, from September, or at the cus- embedded in our daily lives that
level of concern since Ipsos started were even more likely to mention which is at a 40-year high.Other tomer's next membership renew- so many people will accept the
its monthly issues tracking survey inflation, with 53% saying they services such as Netflix have also al date, adding that switching to hike."
in the early 1980s. Concern about were concerned about rising prices.
EasyJet takes £133m hit from recent airport chaos

THE budget airline report- sisted its operations are getting tions due to staff shortages at
ed a group headline loss before back to normal following cuts to airports. The result marked an
tax of £114 million for the three its flight programme. The budget improvement on the £318 million
months to June 30 due to the cost airline reported a group headline loss seen a year ago, but showed it
of airport disruption. EasyJet has loss before tax of £114 million remained in the red despite easy-
revealed quarterly losses after for the three months to June 30, Jet’s passenger numbers jumping
taking a £133 million hit from blaming “widespread operational more than sevenfold to 22 million
recent airport disruption, but in- challenges” and flight cancella- in the quarter.