SPECIALISTS and nursing staff are pocketing thousands of pounds for a single shift working as a locum for the NHS, with surgeons costing nearly £3,700 and nurses up to £2,200. The figures, obtained by The Sunday Times under the Freedom of Information Act, illustrate the increasing reliance of hospital trusts on expensive agency staff.
Exclusive: SECRET emails have revealed months of wrangling and apparent confusion between senior council figures over York’s controversial Lendal Bridge trial.
CHILDREN as young as four have been accused of sexual offences in school, according to a survey of police forces. Freedom of information requests by The Sunday Times reveal that on average two sex crimes a day were reported last year from schools. The number of alleged offences has risen almost threefold over the past four years.
Exclusive: HUNDREDS of young people – including dozens of children – have been admitted to York Hospital for serious alcohol related incidents, the Press can reveal. Over the last year, 33 children and a total of 152 young people under 24, were admitted to hospital wards in the city with problems linked to drinking.
SUs have warned against ‘underhanding', as a survey in York reveals up to 15 women at the uni have been sexually assaulted in clubs. Neil Johnston reports.
The University has spent nearly half a million pounds on controversial gagging orders, known in legal terms as agreements containing confidentiality clauses.
UNIVERSITIES risk “letting loose on society” young professionals who are technically qualified but “barely know their stuff”, experts claimed as it emerged that entry requirements are being slashed. More than a week after A-level results were published, the scramble to fill undergraduate places on courses as varied as engineering, law and English literature is leading to “bargain basement” offers in clearing.
An emergency meeting is to be held after a police car was damaged and nine windows smashed at a children’s home which has seen a spate of anti-social behaviour in recent months.
