Half of NHS trusts providing or planning food banks for staff

Half of NHS trusts providing or planning food banks for staff Soaring cost of living forces nurses and health workers to seek help from charities through free meals and voucher schemes

More than half of NHS trusts and health boards are either providing or planning food banks for staff, new research suggests, as the cost of living soars.

In a survey that lays bare the catastrophic impact that the rising cost of food, energy and housing is having on health workers, NHS Charities Together and the Observer have found that thousands of NHS staff – including nurses – are already seeking help from food banks, with numbers expected to rise in the coming months.