Thousands of new nurses will be trained in the next few years, the government has said while announcing £172m of funding for apprenticeship schemes, but experts in the field have warned that plans do...
Government plans to scrap visas for low-skilled migrants have caused concern among health and social care groups, who say it will exacerbate workforce issues.
The government must replace the £1bn that it “catastrophically ripped out” of nursing higher education, the head of the Royal College of Nursing will say.
The number of British nurses and midwives quitting the profession has outstripped the number of new joiners for the first time in recent history, according to the professional regulator.
The Royal College of Nursing has warned the next government must take ‘immediate action’ to increase the number of nurses in the NHS or risk falling standards of care.
