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As COVID soars, 'commentators' leading calls of "Where are the Nightingale hospitals?" Need a better grasp of reality.
THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH STAFF TO BRING NIGHTINGALE HOSPITALS INTO FULL SERVICE.
This is a result of the hostile environment and a sustained reduction of funding.
THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH STAFF TO BRING NIGHTINGALE HOSPITALS INTO FULL SERVICE.
This is a result of the hostile environment and a sustained reduction of funding.
There are over 1.9m people working in NHS. 6% born in EU. 6% from outside the EU.
Many of these workers were refused a say in the Brexit referendum. A vote which had massive personal consequences for them and their families. Bearing in mind, they are taxpayers!
Many of these workers were refused a say in the Brexit referendum. A vote which had massive personal consequences for them and their families. Bearing in mind, they are taxpayers!
The Tories have acted disgracefully for years and have deliberately run the NHS down to the bone. They've massively increased participation of the private sector and stoked fights with junior doctors, leading to the very first junior doctor strike in the UK in April 2016.
In 2016 the Tories changed from funding Nurse courses with a (up to ÂŁ16,454) bursary in England to student loans. Student nurses were required to get into debt in order to become nurses. They now only recently reintroduced bursaries but at ÂŁ5,000 - its too little, too late.
According to NAO report on Nursing there were 43,590 nursing vacancies in NHS England trusts between July - September 2019.
https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/The-NHS-nursing-workforce-Summary.pdf&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwiisdP___HtAhU9aRUIHUNoBWIQFjAQegQIHRAB&usg=AOvVaw2vCmQvAE3bXLFob0jaj4v8
https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/The-NHS-nursing-workforce-Summary.pdf&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwiisdP___HtAhU9aRUIHUNoBWIQFjAQegQIHRAB&usg=AOvVaw2vCmQvAE3bXLFob0jaj4v8
An interesting update. The National Audit Office report below shows that in England, 17% of nurses come from outside the UK.
https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/The-NHS-nursing-workforce-Summary.pdf&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwiisdP___HtAhU9aRUIHUNoBWIQFjAQegQIHRAB&usg=AOvVaw2vCmQvAE3bXLFob0jaj4v8
https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/The-NHS-nursing-workforce-Summary.pdf&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwiisdP___HtAhU9aRUIHUNoBWIQFjAQegQIHRAB&usg=AOvVaw2vCmQvAE3bXLFob0jaj4v8
One in five fully qualified and permanent General Practitioners (GPs) in England in March 2019 gained their qualification outside of the UK â the majority in non-EU countries (16% â mostly South Asia and Africa) and 4% in the EU.
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/internationalmigration/articles/internationalmigrationandthehealthcareworkforce/2019-08-15
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/internationalmigration/articles/internationalmigrationandthehealthcareworkforce/2019-08-15
For Scotland and Wales, the proportion of the NHS healthcare workforce with non-British nationality was 7% and 6% respectively.
