Posted 30 July 2019 - 12:00
Posted 30 July 2019 - 12:00
Varied data collection methods make it hard to gauge exact nurse numbers and vacancies
The NHS is in the grip of a workforce crisis, and nothing is more pressing than the shortage of its biggest resource – nurses.
Health unions, charities, patient groups, academics, the media and even the UK governments all agree on one point: the nursing shortage needs to be addressed urgently.
This shortage is the ‘biggest single challenge’ facing the NHS workforce, according to the Interim NHS People Plan ,
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