While some uncertainty still surrounds the final details of the revised Health & Social Care Bill, the eventual NHS reforms will have a significant impact on the structure of the health service. We talk to recruitment specialists Reed Doctor and Reed Health to examine what new employment opportunities the changes will create.

A recent survey has set out to investigate whether there is substance to the popular myth that recruitment agencies are viewed negatively by the UK business community.

New guidance for careers advisers on the opportunities for paid healthcare employment in the voluntary sector is available. Published by Skills for Health and Skills - Third Sector.

By Foluke Ajayi, Head of NHS Careers and Workforce Supply, NHS Employers

The NHS's greatest asset is its staff. Despite the current financial constraints, it is vital that the NHS continues to retain valuable skills and experience and recruit new staff to replace those leaving or approaching retirement.

Last month (January), in a joint statement, the British Medical Association (BMA) and the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) called on ministers to restore funding to GP Returner schemes that between 2002 and 2006 helped ease GP shortages by providing at work refresher training to doctors who had taken a career break of more than two years.