Tackling the nursing shortage

Tackling the nursing shortage highlights the financial impact of using temporary staffing to address the shortage, as well as many of the factors driving it, suggesting that new routes into the profession, like apprenticeships, can help to plug the gap and future-proof the nursing workforce in the long-term (free access to the report requires registration). Open University 

See also:

• Nurse shortages cost the NHS up to £2.4 billion last year The Daily Telegraph
• NHS spends almost £1.5bn a year on temporary nursing staff – report The Guardian
• NHS spending £1.5bn a year on temporary nurses as staff leave in droves, study reveals The Independent