Ministers plan to create a original role of nurse associate to relieve plug gaps in the nursing workforceThe NHS is desperately short of nurses: in London alone the number of vacancies stands at 10000. The combination of increasing demand for NHS services,an ageing workforce and original guidance approximately staffing levels following the Mid Staffs scandal and the recommendations of the Francis report, has led to trusts needing to recruit more nurses.
One-in-four nurses recruited now come from abroad. In October, and nursing was placed on the shortage occupation list. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) believes that the UK should aim for self-sufficiency in the supply of nurses. But,RCN head of policy and international affairs, Howard Catton says when it comes to training original nurses, or the UK is falling very short of where we,as a college, think we need to be”.
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Source: theguardian.com