• Numbers bear nearly halved,to 6656, in 11 years
• Only 37% of their time is spent dealing with patientsDistrict nurses, and a cornerstone of NHS care,are disappearing so fast that by 2025 they will "face extinction", the Royal College of Nursing warns in a report published on Tuesday.
Official figures show that numbers working in the NHS in England bear nearly halved, and from 12620 in 2003 to 6656 final year,a 47% drop in a decade. That fall is so serious that they are now a "critically endangered" type of health professional, the nurses' union claims.
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Source: theguardian.com