Covert rationing of places in training for Medics, Nurses and others has come home to roost. It is too late for this next decade. We need to plan for the next one, and to avoid the same continuing mistakes.
The times reports today 5th Feb 2016 the end of Chris Smyth’s article on “ditching reforms” ….
The NHS has failed to plan its workforce effectively ( Productivity in NHS hospitals ), with a shortfall of 50,000 clinical staff, the National Audit Office has warned. A report from the spending watchdog also said government plans to cap agency staff rates to get soaring temp costs under control, were unlikely to work.
Sophie Borland for the Mail reports: Report warns the NHS is short of 50,000 doctors, nurses and other staff – written by Lord Carter, a Labour Peer, this is critical of manpower planning, but who was in office 15 years ago, when the missing staff should have been offered places at Medical Schools? Labour. The FT – Carter report paints grim picture of NHS – FT.com
Getwestlondon reports 7th Jan 2016:West London NHS trusts facing up to 30% nursing staff shortage
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