Vulnerable children could be put at risk by falling numbers of specialist NHS nurses Vulnerable children could be put at risk as the number of health visitors working in the NHS fell by more than 900 in a single year, Labour has warned.
Ministers have been accused of making “hollow promises” to boost dwindling numbers of the specially-trained nurses and midwives, who are credited with improving life chances for some of the most deprived newborns.
A probe by Labour found the NHS has lost 75 health visitors per month since June 2016, with staffing rates plummeting to the lowest point since December 2013 and leaving patchy levels of care across the country.
If shortages continue unchecked then any progress made under the Coalition Government will be wiped out, when ministers pledged to hire an extra 4,500 staff by 2015, the party claims. The Independent
Ministers have been accused of making “hollow promises” to boost dwindling numbers of the specially-trained nurses and midwives, who are credited with improving life chances for some of the most deprived newborns.
A probe by Labour found the NHS has lost 75 health visitors per month since June 2016, with staffing rates plummeting to the lowest point since December 2013 and leaving patchy levels of care across the country.
If shortages continue unchecked then any progress made under the Coalition Government will be wiped out, when ministers pledged to hire an extra 4,500 staff by 2015, the party claims. The Independent
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