Major reforms needed to healthcare education to tackle workforce shortages, unions warn

Major reforms needed to healthcare education to tackle workforce shortages, unions warn A radical overhaul of the healthcare education system in England is needed to tackle significant workforce shortages facing the sector, an alliance of unions has warned.

An open letter, shared exclusively with The Independent, calls for nursing, midwifery and allied health students to receive greater financial support to help solve the recruitment crisis in the NHS.

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• The RCN has written to political party leaders demanding urgent funding for England’s nursing students in the first budget of the next government Royal College of Nursing