How can blockchain solve healthcare’s workforce crisis?
Healthcare Global October 29, 2021
We speak to TrueProfile.io and Britannia Healthcare to find out how blockchain can address healthcare’s staff shortages.
The UK has been experiencing shortages in the healthcare workforce for a number of years, even before COVID-19 took hold. Reasons include a growing aging population, under-investment and burnout.
In the UK, the additional shock of Brexit has meant that many Europeans who worked in the National Health Service (NHS) have left. For people looking to enter the UK job market from outside the EU, the rules are now harder, with the new points-based system.
According to the King’s Fund, Nuffield Trust and Health Foundation, the NHS will be short of 350,000 staff by 2030 if staffing shortages continue, and reports from the...