Recruitment crisis hits NHS with one in nine posts currently vacant Damning figures from Royal College of Nursing point to ‘lethal cocktail of factors’ putting off new nurses
About 40,000 nursing posts are now vacant in the NHS in England as the service heads for the worst recruitment crisis in its history, according to official new data.
Responses to Freedom of Information requests submitted to trusts by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) show that one in nine posts are now unfilled – double the level in 2013. Continue reading... The Guardian
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About 40,000 nursing posts are now vacant in the NHS in England as the service heads for the worst recruitment crisis in its history, according to official new data.
Responses to Freedom of Information requests submitted to trusts by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) show that one in nine posts are now unfilled – double the level in 2013. Continue reading... The Guardian
See also:
- Safe staffing legislation to avoid patient-safety crisis Royal College of Nursing
- NHS 'dangerously short of nurses' BBC News
- Patients deserve best care. Only new laws can ensure this The Guardian
- Mental health nurses in short supply as NHS struggles to fill vacancies The Guardian
- Nurses will see their pay ‘cut by 12% over a decade’ The Guardian
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