Demand for Ambition 24hours agency nurses has increased significantly this year as a result of illness of NHS and other nursing staff. An estimated 18,000 NHS staff were off sick with flu yesterday (04 January 2011).

For Cerebral Palsy care, nursing services are available on a domiciliary, homecare basis through nursing agency Ambition 24Direct.

Ambition 24Locums has a major recruitment campaign for locum doctors during the onslaught of severe winter conditions in the UK.

Arabella Health Staffing Ltd - a wholly-owned subsidiary of The A24 Group Ltd, which operates as the A24 Group of medical staffing agencies – has acquired BNA, The British Nursing Association.

Locum Services has published its new pay rates for UK locum doctors, effective from November the 1st 2009.

Now you can follow the medical staffing divisions of the A24 Group on Facebook. Learn more.

The A24 Group has launched the new web site for medical staffing. The A24 Group includes agency brands Ambition 24hours, Nursing Services and Locum Services.

A24 Group Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe met the South Africa 2009 Homeless World Cup team, sponsored by Ambition 24hours, at Parliament in Cape Town to congratulate them on their excellent performance in the international tournament in Milan, Italy.

Homeless World Cup: Update Thursday 27th

The A24Group is delighted to announce that we are now sponsoring the South African football team to play in the Homeless World Cup, Milan 2009.

Homeless World Cup: Update Thursday 27th. Learn more.

According to a poll by ‘Nursing Times’ magazine, one third of UK nurses may refuse to have the swine flu jab. Learn more.

Nurses, midwives, hospital doctors and dentists vacancies in the UK have increased for the first time in five years, according to official figures from the NHS Information Centre.

All Locums, AHP’s and Agency Nurses working in the UK must be fully compliant with Department of Health Measles and Mumps requirements to be eligible for work with the A24 Group.

In anticipation of the growing demand for more medical staff to deal with the outbreak of swine flu, Ambition 24hours, the A24 Group is recruiting nurses nationwide seeking part-time temporary employment.

A24 Group is soon to extend its nursing agency services north of the border to Scotland, in addition to its representation in England and Wales, where it provides locum doctors, nurses, AHPs and HCA care assistants.

The occupational health requirements for the NHS PASA – Purchasing and Supply Agency – for locum doctors, nurses and AHPs (Allied Health Professionals) may seem daunting to medical staff who want to register for temporary assignments.

Paediatric and other specialist agency nurses are increasingly in demand for work in a patient’s home setting – see the feature on Ambition 24hours in ‘Nursing Standard’ magazine (May 27, 2009).

Did you know: the General Medical Council is changing the way locums and other doctors within the UK are regulated to practise medicine, the GMC says.