(Video Credit: The Guardian) Nurses grill Boris Johnson on policies during hospital visit. One student nurse told the PM how she was “struggling” financially because of tuition fees and asked him about his plans to bring back the nursing bursary.

UK prime minister Boris Johnson has promised a new NHS visa so that doctors and nurses can immigrate to the UK. The NHS visa is part of the points-based immigration system by the Conservative Party post-Brexit.

October is the international Breast Cancer Awareness month. Its aim is to increase support, awareness, early diagnosis, treatment and palliative care for women with breast cancer. About 1.7 million new breast cancer cases are recorded annually. The disease has an annual death toll of 522,000, with low- and middle-income countries being the worst hit because of lack of awareness, changing reproductive patterns and the adoption of western lifestyles.

We are delighted to report that our medical division received an exceptional score in this year’s Medacs Global Group audit. This is an independent audit that covers the rigorous standards of a leading national framework, compliance to IR35 regulations and pre-placement screening.

The Flame Lily is one of the leading framework-approved healthcare, nursing and medical recruitment agencies in the UK. We are a one-stop staffing solutions provider with cutting edge solutions that improve our clients’ healthcare businesses. Our organization is governed by 6 values: dependability, approachability, professionalism, commitment, efficiency and humanity.

It is now official. The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has replaced mentors with assessors and supervisors. This is part of the overhaul of nurse education.

Cambridge Boxhill Language Assessment, which offers English test languages targeted to the healthcare industry reports a huge increase in candidate numbers.

You will agree with me that when you visit a hospital, you want qualified personnel taking care of you. However, things change so fast in the medical arena, making knowledge obsolete. Healthcare practitioners need training to bring them up to speed with new breakthroughs and development in healthcare. Disaster strikes when short-term healthcare goals compete with long-term health care goals. Healthcare institutions find themselves with increased patient populations that not only strain the nurses but also make it hard for the hospital to give nurses permission to get more training.

We got together to celebrate the National Pyjama Day and thanks to The Flame Lily Team for joining the Pyjama week fundraising. The idea was more about helping the wonderful souls at The Birmingham Children's Trust - an organisation which offers residential and community-based rehabilitation services to children and youngsters with brain injury.