UK faces nursing shortage due to cutbacks
Despite measures adopted by the UK National Health Service, reports say the nursing workforce has shrunk significantly in the past five years.
According to the Royal College of Nursing, after a series of damning NHS scandals, the force is down by more than 3,300 nurses, including 2,000 district nurses who provide care for people in their own homes or residential institutions – a 28% cut to what the RCN says is an integral part of the community workforce.
Experts say whoever forms the next government must learn from this report and take immediate action to grow the nursing workforce.
“Morale among nursing staff is very low, and stress in large part caused by government cutbacks, budget cutbacks and work overload is very high,” London-based Journalist and Researcher Alan Hart told Press TV.
He went on adding that 90 percent of the nursing staff would seek other jobs if they were available.
“But the problem with shortage of nursing staff is not just confined to community care, it’s relevant to hospitals too,” he said.
He also referred to the recent promise by the Conservatives about investing more money in NHS saying: “Now as the election approaches government and all political parties are making huge promises about how they are going to change the situation. what they are not saying with any clarity is where the money is coming from and it’s quite clear that unless either taxes are raised or other government funding is cut back to provide more money for the NHS and nursing in particular, the problem can’t be addressed. It’s actually a very bad situation.”
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