This story was first published in digitalhealth.net
Hospital documentaries spark NHS job searches
NHS England has revealed that Google searches for ‘ambulance jobs’ shoot up by 70 per cent as prime time TV viewers watch real-life emergency documentaries.
In recent weeks, viewers have watched control room staff dispatch ambulance crews to patients in critical conditions as part of a BBC documentary series, prompting searches for ‘ambulance dispatcher salary’ and ‘ambulance call handler pay’ to shoot up by 1,200 per cent.
The revelation comes in the week that research showed nearly a quarter of young people want to be doctors, nurses and paramedics when they grow up while workforce data showed the number of nurses and doctors has increased by 24,000.
Earlier this year, millions of viewers tuned in to the prime-time BBC documentary series Hospital which followed the staff of the Royal Free London hospital as they responded to the first wave of the pandemic.
Stephen Powis, NHS National Medical Director, said: “Normally inspired by footballers and YouTube stars, this year more than ever, young people are seeing frontline NHS workers as their heroes and want to grow up and be just like the doctor, nurse or paramedic they have seen on TV.
“The ‘Nightingale effect’ of the public seeing on TV the relentless professionalism and compassion of NHS doctors, nurses and paramedics during the first wave, has clearly made a difference, not just to the 110,000 COVID-19 patients we cared for, but to the lives of young people.”
Latest News
16/02/2024 - 12:56
Hammersmith and Fulham Council has created a new alliance intended to clean dirty air and improve residents' health.
16/02/2024 - 10:44
Two million more GP appointments a month are being delivered for patients compared to the same month before the pandemic as part of the NHS primary care access recovery plan according to new NHS data.
15/02/2024 - 10:26
The Welsh Government has provided innovation funding of £380,000 to support two projects utilising technology in domiciliary care.
15/02/2024 - 10:13
The new Scottish health secretary has met with frontline staff at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow.
14/02/2024 - 10:27
The North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT) has appointed three new Executive Directors to the Trust Board.
Product Features
UK Building Regulations highlight toxic gas and smoke from layers of paint built up over multiple redecorations as a major cause of permanent ill health or death in a building fire.
Their concern rose with discovery the flame retardant paints most widely used paint along escape routes have been ones which to this day counter-productively use emission of heavy toxic gas to smother flames which rapidly spread along walls if layers of paint delaminate in a fire.
Supplier Profiles
Northwich’s Victoria Infirmary (VIN) Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) has enabled more patients
Adveco, the commercial hot water specialist, announces the launch of live metering of domestic ho
Latest Features
Sarah Greenslade, public affairs and communications officer at the British Parking Association looks at some of the problems and innovations in healthcare parking
It’s easy to assume that the comms team is there to handle press enquiries and the occasional social media storm – but the reality is that strategic communications can make a measurable impact across the entire organisation, from operational to financial, when done properly
