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Palliative care nurse shortage sees declining respite options for sick children ... for children�s palliative care nurse training. Fiona Smith, professional lead for children�s and young people�s nursing at the Royal College of Nursing, said: �It is devastating that the effects of nurse shortages are being felt by the children and families who need them most � those who are not expected to live long and who may be approaching the end of their lives. �There is only one chance to get this righ ... Date: 19-09-2016 Categories: • Editor's pick • Latest news • Paediatrics • Professional
Report: hospitals under pressure need investment in primary care ... ive public health policies and invest in prevention by reversing the cuts to the local authority public health allocation,� the report said. The report called on the Department of Health to �address nurse shortages and promote innovative staffing models, eg physician associates working with doctors�. Date: 16-03-2017 Categories: • Editor's pick • Latest news • Professional
We cannot ignore our suspicions ... is latest successful prosecution of a sex grooming gang, the might of all agencies are re-energised in reviewing how we can protect our vulnerable citizens. Health must play its part. With escalating nurse shortages, burnout and service cutbacks, I suspect disclosers may not always get the CSE heroes they deserve. I want to be wrong � so please tell me your workplace is building your confidence and skills to tac ... Date: 18-08-2017 Categories: • Paediatrics • Views • Women's health
Cost of living grants needed for student nurses, report says ... of clinical placement funding so that the money received by trusts for nurse clinical placements is closer to the level of funding received for medical placements. Without decisive action like this, nurse shortages will double to 70,000 and GP shortages in England will almost triple to 7,000 by 2023/24, according to projections for the report, rendering the NHS Long Term Plan �impossible to achieve�. Commenting ... Date: 21-03-2019 Categories: • Education • Latest news • Policy • Training
Appraisal tips for practice nurses ... assessments), feedback on performance, and helping to plan personal and job objectives in one appraisal. However, from a personal and clinical safety perspective, and given the gravity of registered nurse shortages across general practice, it is time to have these important conversations, and annual appraisal is as good an opportunity as any in a pressurised general practice setting. Practice nurses should ide ... Date: 13-05-2019 Categories: • Professional • Training
Nurses need a reason to �return to practice� ... , there are still too few to meet demand and fill rotas. � Safe nurse staffing targets introduced as a consequence of the 2013 Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust scandal are not being universally met due to nurse shortages. The Labour party reported that more than 160,000 nurses left the NHS prior to retirement since 2010. In 2017, 27% more nurses and midwives left the NMC�register than joined. A third of practice nurs ... Date: 24-05-2019 Categories: • Policy • Views
Government may consider incentives to tackle community nurse shortages The Department�of Health and Social Care is looking at changes around incentives to encourage nurses into�key staff shortage specialties�such as community and mental health nursing.� Health secretary Matt Hancock sa ... Date: 10-07-2019 Categories: • Community nursing • Latest news • Policy
RCN campaign urges public to�speak�out about nurse shortages�� The public is being encouraged to speak out about the impact of around 40,000 nursing vacancies in England as part of an advertising campaign launched today (17 September) by the Royal College of Nurs ... Date: 17-09-2019 Categories: • Latest news • Politics
School nurse shortages �concerning� due to role in HPV vaccine uptake, report warns� Falling numbers of nurses and health visitors working in schools is particularly �concerning� as they help protect children against cancer, a new report from The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologist ... Date: 03-12-2019 Categories: • Latest news • Policy
Watchdog report sparks Budget workforce plea ... ,�health umbrella-groups have said. The Royal College of Nursing and the NHS Confederation were reacting to a report, published yesterday by the National Audit Office, that highlighted the extent of nurse shortages in England. The watchdog�s analysis found the NHS �does not have the nurses?it?needs� despite a 5% increase in numbers between September 2010 and September 2019, from 272,000 to 286,000. �We need a ... Date: 06-03-2020 Categories: • Latest news • Professional
�Lack of PPE could compound social care and community nurse shortages� Community and social care nurses fear worsening staff shortages as they prepare to take on patients hospitals cannot accommodate because of the escalating coronavirus crisis. The community workforce is likely to be ... Date: 01-04-2020 Categories: • Covid-19 • Latest news
Nurses fear domestic violence rise with staff redeployment ... supporting families and those at risk of physical or psychological harm, who may be more vulnerable than ever in this pressured time.' Read more: �Lack of PPE could compound social care and community nurse shortages� Date: 08-04-2020 Categories: • Covid-19 • Latest news
RCN Wales beams nurse shortage message onto landmarks ... ojected onto the buildings reads: �Nursing staff in Wales are short of 1,719 team members. It�s time to give Wales the full team of nurses we desperately need�. This figure is an RCN estimation of nurse shortages from May 2021 as the Welsh Government does not publish national vacancy figures for nursing staff, unlike in England. The figure also may not show the entire vacancy picture, because of limitations i ... Date: 18-11-2021 Categories: • Community nursing • Latest news
Millions more nurses needed globally over next decade, says ICN ... individuals and communities receive the health services they need without suffering financial hardship. Nurse shortage �crisis� Howard Catton, ICN chief executive officer, said the severity of nurse shortages has reached �crisis� point because of persistent underfunding, vacancies, sickness rates and nurses leaving their jobs. In the England alone, the latest data shows there are 39,813 vacancies as of Se ... Date: 24-01-2022 Categories: • Latest news
Nurse shortages �dire� even before Covid-19 pandemic, finds RCN Shortages in the nursing workforce were compromising patient care even before the Covid-19 pandemic began, data has suggested. The RCN today published survey findings of 41,798 members from January 2020, which s ... Date: 07-02-2022 Categories: • Latest news
Government recruitment having no �meaningful impact� on nurse shortages, report finds The Government�s efforts to recruit 50,000 nurses are not making any significant improvements to the current nurse shortage, a report from the health and social care committee has found. It said that despite the ... Date: 25-07-2022 Categories: • Latest news
Millions wait for mental health support as growth in nursing workforce slows ... prioritised and better resourced.' The report found that NHS mental health trusts highlighted 'particular concerns about shortages of medical and nursing staff' with many trusts pointing out that nurse shortages were particularly concerning. While the workforce as a whole grew, the number of mental health nurses actually grew less than Health Education and NHSE had predicted, increasing by 9% rather than ... Date: 09-02-2023 Categories: • Latest news
ICN sounds alarm over �global emergency� of nurse shortages nurse shortages around the world should be treated as �a global health emergency�, according to the International Council of Nurses (ICN). A new report from the organisation looked at evidence from more than 24 c ... Date: 20-03-2023 Categories: • Latest news
Leaked workforce plan shows stark warning on community nurse shortages The NHS in England will be short of 44,000 community nurses within the next 15 years unless �radical action� is taken, reports of a leaked version of the long-awaited workforce plan has suggested. According to a ... Date: 27-03-2023 Categories: • Latest news
Nurse shortages at crisis point for care home sector A shortage of registered nurses is impacting care homes to a point where providers are considering the withdrawal of nursing care altogether, a study into the sector has found. According to the report, jointly pr ... Date: 14-04-2023 Categories: • Clinical • Latest news • Older people care
In these times of trouble, what comforts you? ... rest about pay and conditions and the major problems with recruitment and retention, it�s no wonder burnout and stress exposure is taking its toll on us all. For example, the news story here is about nurse shortages in care homes � my area of special interest � but it�s really reflective of nurse shortages across the spectrum of the profession. So to avoid blowing a personal or professional fuse or gasket, en ... Date: 09-05-2023 Categories: • Views
Nurse shortages and increased demands in care homes �deeply concerning� A rise in demand for residential nursing home care combined with widespread shortages of care home nurses is having a �significant� impact on the stability of the sector in Wales, nursing leaders have warned. A ... Date: 22-06-2023 Categories: • Latest news
Community nurse shortfall could reach 37,000 without action, says workforce plan ... ce, including nursing. By 2036/37, the plan projected a 37,000 FTE shortfall in community nurses, compared to a 6,500 FTE shortfall in 2021/22. This equates to an almost 470% increase in community nurse shortages over a 15-year period. Meanwhile, it was also predicted that there would be a 15,800 FTE shortfall among mental health nurses by 3036/37 and 1,200 among learning disability nurses. �This is due ... Date: 03-07-2023 Categories: • Latest news
Caring about social care... The Summer print edition of Nursing in Practice examines social care in England. Editor Carolyn Scott considers whether the sector can turn around nurse shortages.� There�s no debating the value of the social care sector. We all need it to operate effectively, to provide good care for vulnerable people and to avoid patients being stuck in hospital becau ... Date: 07-07-2023 Categories: • Editorial • Views
NHS nurse vacancies remain above 40,000 in England ... the current pressure will abate�. When broken down, the data shows a wide difference in nursing vacancies from region to region. Analysis suggests that London remains the area worst affected by nurse shortages, with a total vacancy rate of 13.5%. Though nurse vacancy rates in London, as in most regions, remain below pre-pandemic levels. In June 2019, for example, the vacancy rate in London was at 15.2%. ... Date: 24-08-2023 Categories: • Latest news
Contribution of GPNs 'airbrushed out and ignored', says QNI chief ... dman is worried about the impact of extreme tiredness among the workforce as a result of Covid-19. She fears the consequences this could have for retention, retirement and working hours. Where nurse shortages are present, patient care is rightly prioritised, she notes. �But that means that the casualties of not having enough nurses are that education, training and development are usually the first things ... Date: 28-09-2023 Categories: • Interview • Latest news • Policy
PM�s plans �risk being derailed� by nurse shortages, warns RCN The Prime Minister�s plans for the NHS are 'at risk of being derailed� by the shortage of nurses, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has warned. At the Conservative Party Conference yesterday (October 4), Prime M ... Date: 05-10-2023 Categories: • Latest news
Care sector �chronically under-resourced� to deal with pandemic, inquiry told Failure to tackle nurse shortages and burnout � particularly within the social care sector � is �a serious risk to the country�s ability to robustly tackle future pandemics�, the UK Covid-19 Inquiry has been told. The Royal Colleg ... Date: 21-03-2024 Categories: • Covid-19 • Latest news
Work-life balance a growing factor in nursing exodus, NHS figures show ... al development as the reason for leaving in 2022/23 � down from 1,212 in 2021/22. Last month, a representative from the Royal College of Nursing told the UK Covid-19 inquiry that failure to tackle nurse shortages and burnout represents �a serious risk to the country�s ability to robustly tackle future pandemics�. Date: 11-04-2024 Categories: • Latest news
Reform UK pledges 'tax breaks for nurses' in election manifesto ... t in Wales on Monday. He called for an �absolutely radical rethink� of the way public services are run, including the NHS. The party�s �contract� stated that it would aim to �end all doctor and nurse shortages' and ensure all frontline NHS and social care staff pay zero basic rate tax for three years.'This will help retain existing staff and attract many who have left to return,' the document said.The part ... Date: 18-06-2024 Categories: • Latest news
Nursing students struggling to see primary care as �viable place� to start careers ... e struggling to see primary care as a �viable�place� to start their careers, with limited placements opportunities and many vacancies seeking experienced nurses only. Despite the UK�facing growing nurse shortages, vacancies are being described as hard to come by across primary and secondary care, with many roles requiring a level of experience that�prevents new nurses from applying. Limited opportunities ... Date: 26-06-2024 Categories: • Latest news

Palliative care nurse shortage sees declining respite options for sick children ... for children�s palliative care nurse training. Fiona Smith, professional lead for children�s and young people�s nursing at the Royal College of Nursing, said: �It is devastating that the effects of nurse shortages are being felt by the children and families who need them most � those who are not expected to live long and who may be approaching the end of their lives. �There is only one chance to get this righ ... Date: 19-09-2016 Categories: • Editor's pick • Latest news • Paediatrics • Professional

Report: hospitals under pressure need investment in primary care ... ive public health policies and invest in prevention by reversing the cuts to the local authority public health allocation,� the report said. The report called on the Department of Health to �address nurse shortages and promote innovative staffing models, eg physician associates working with doctors�. Date: 16-03-2017 Categories: • Editor's pick • Latest news • Professional

We cannot ignore our suspicions ... is latest successful prosecution of a sex grooming gang, the might of all agencies are re-energised in reviewing how we can protect our vulnerable citizens. Health must play its part. With escalating nurse shortages, burnout and service cutbacks, I suspect disclosers may not always get the CSE heroes they deserve. I want to be wrong � so please tell me your workplace is building your confidence and skills to tac ... Date: 18-08-2017 Categories: • Paediatrics • Views • Women's health

Cost of living grants needed for student nurses, report says ... of clinical placement funding so that the money received by trusts for nurse clinical placements is closer to the level of funding received for medical placements. Without decisive action like this, nurse shortages will double to 70,000 and GP shortages in England will almost triple to 7,000 by 2023/24, according to projections for the report, rendering the NHS Long Term Plan �impossible to achieve�. Commenting ... Date: 21-03-2019 Categories: • Education • Latest news • Policy • Training

Appraisal tips for practice nurses ... assessments), feedback on performance, and helping to plan personal and job objectives in one appraisal. However, from a personal and clinical safety perspective, and given the gravity of registered nurse shortages across general practice, it is time to have these important conversations, and annual appraisal is as good an opportunity as any in a pressurised general practice setting. Practice nurses should ide ... Date: 13-05-2019 Categories: • Professional • Training

Nurses need a reason to �return to practice� ... , there are still too few to meet demand and fill rotas. � Safe nurse staffing targets introduced as a consequence of the 2013 Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust scandal are not being universally met due to nurse shortages. The Labour party reported that more than 160,000 nurses left the NHS prior to retirement since 2010. In 2017, 27% more nurses and midwives left the NMC�register than joined. A third of practice nurs ... Date: 24-05-2019 Categories: • Policy • Views

Government may consider incentives to tackle community nurse shortages The Department�of Health and Social Care is looking at changes around incentives to encourage nurses into�key staff shortage specialties�such as community and mental health nursing.� Health secretary Matt Hancock sa ... Date: 10-07-2019 Categories: • Community nursing • Latest news • Policy

RCN campaign urges public to�speak�out about nurse shortages�� The public is being encouraged to speak out about the impact of around 40,000 nursing vacancies in England as part of an advertising campaign launched today (17 September) by the Royal College of Nurs ... Date: 17-09-2019 Categories: • Latest news • Politics

School nurse shortages �concerning� due to role in HPV vaccine uptake, report warns� Falling numbers of nurses and health visitors working in schools is particularly �concerning� as they help protect children against cancer, a new report from The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologist ... Date: 03-12-2019 Categories: • Latest news • Policy

Watchdog report sparks Budget workforce plea ... ,�health umbrella-groups have said. The Royal College of Nursing and the NHS Confederation were reacting to a report, published yesterday by the National Audit Office, that highlighted the extent of nurse shortages in England. The watchdog�s analysis found the NHS �does not have the nurses?it?needs� despite a 5% increase in numbers between September 2010 and September 2019, from 272,000 to 286,000. �We need a ... Date: 06-03-2020 Categories: • Latest news • Professional

�Lack of PPE could compound social care and community nurse shortages� Community and social care nurses fear worsening staff shortages as they prepare to take on patients hospitals cannot accommodate because of the escalating coronavirus crisis. The community workforce is likely to be ... Date: 01-04-2020 Categories: • Covid-19 • Latest news

Nurses fear domestic violence rise with staff redeployment ... supporting families and those at risk of physical or psychological harm, who may be more vulnerable than ever in this pressured time.' Read more: �Lack of PPE could compound social care and community nurse shortages� Date: 08-04-2020 Categories: • Covid-19 • Latest news

RCN Wales beams nurse shortage message onto landmarks ... ojected onto the buildings reads: �Nursing staff in Wales are short of 1,719 team members. It�s time to give Wales the full team of nurses we desperately need�. This figure is an RCN estimation of nurse shortages from May 2021 as the Welsh Government does not publish national vacancy figures for nursing staff, unlike in England. The figure also may not show the entire vacancy picture, because of limitations i ... Date: 18-11-2021 Categories: • Community nursing • Latest news

Millions more nurses needed globally over next decade, says ICN ... individuals and communities receive the health services they need without suffering financial hardship. Nurse shortage �crisis� Howard Catton, ICN chief executive officer, said the severity of nurse shortages has reached �crisis� point because of persistent underfunding, vacancies, sickness rates and nurses leaving their jobs. In the England alone, the latest data shows there are 39,813 vacancies as of Se ... Date: 24-01-2022 Categories: • Latest news

Nurse shortages �dire� even before Covid-19 pandemic, finds RCN Shortages in the nursing workforce were compromising patient care even before the Covid-19 pandemic began, data has suggested. The RCN today published survey findings of 41,798 members from January 2020, which s ... Date: 07-02-2022 Categories: • Latest news

Government recruitment having no �meaningful impact� on nurse shortages, report finds The Government�s efforts to recruit 50,000 nurses are not making any significant improvements to the current nurse shortage, a report from the health and social care committee has found. It said that despite the ... Date: 25-07-2022 Categories: • Latest news

Millions wait for mental health support as growth in nursing workforce slows ... prioritised and better resourced.' The report found that NHS mental health trusts highlighted 'particular concerns about shortages of medical and nursing staff' with many trusts pointing out that nurse shortages were particularly concerning. While the workforce as a whole grew, the number of mental health nurses actually grew less than Health Education and NHSE had predicted, increasing by 9% rather than ... Date: 09-02-2023 Categories: • Latest news

ICN sounds alarm over �global emergency� of nurse shortages nurse shortages around the world should be treated as �a global health emergency�, according to the International Council of Nurses (ICN). A new report from the organisation looked at evidence from more than 24 c ... Date: 20-03-2023 Categories: • Latest news

Leaked workforce plan shows stark warning on community nurse shortages The NHS in England will be short of 44,000 community nurses within the next 15 years unless �radical action� is taken, reports of a leaked version of the long-awaited workforce plan has suggested. According to a ... Date: 27-03-2023 Categories: • Latest news

Nurse shortages at crisis point for care home sector A shortage of registered nurses is impacting care homes to a point where providers are considering the withdrawal of nursing care altogether, a study into the sector has found. According to the report, jointly pr ... Date: 14-04-2023 Categories: • Clinical • Latest news • Older people care

In these times of trouble, what comforts you? ... rest about pay and conditions and the major problems with recruitment and retention, it�s no wonder burnout and stress exposure is taking its toll on us all. For example, the news story here is about nurse shortages in care homes � my area of special interest � but it�s really reflective of nurse shortages across the spectrum of the profession. So to avoid blowing a personal or professional fuse or gasket, en ... Date: 09-05-2023 Categories: • Views

Nurse shortages and increased demands in care homes �deeply concerning� A rise in demand for residential nursing home care combined with widespread shortages of care home nurses is having a �significant� impact on the stability of the sector in Wales, nursing leaders have warned. A ... Date: 22-06-2023 Categories: • Latest news

Community nurse shortfall could reach 37,000 without action, says workforce plan ... ce, including nursing. By 2036/37, the plan projected a 37,000 FTE shortfall in community nurses, compared to a 6,500 FTE shortfall in 2021/22. This equates to an almost 470% increase in community nurse shortages over a 15-year period. Meanwhile, it was also predicted that there would be a 15,800 FTE shortfall among mental health nurses by 3036/37 and 1,200 among learning disability nurses. �This is due ... Date: 03-07-2023 Categories: • Latest news

Caring about social care... The Summer print edition of Nursing in Practice examines social care in England. Editor Carolyn Scott considers whether the sector can turn around nurse shortages.� There�s no debating the value of the social care sector. We all need it to operate effectively, to provide good care for vulnerable people and to avoid patients being stuck in hospital becau ... Date: 07-07-2023 Categories: • Editorial • Views

NHS nurse vacancies remain above 40,000 in England ... the current pressure will abate�. When broken down, the data shows a wide difference in nursing vacancies from region to region. Analysis suggests that London remains the area worst affected by nurse shortages, with a total vacancy rate of 13.5%. Though nurse vacancy rates in London, as in most regions, remain below pre-pandemic levels. In June 2019, for example, the vacancy rate in London was at 15.2%. ... Date: 24-08-2023 Categories: • Latest news

Contribution of GPNs 'airbrushed out and ignored', says QNI chief ... dman is worried about the impact of extreme tiredness among the workforce as a result of Covid-19. She fears the consequences this could have for retention, retirement and working hours. Where nurse shortages are present, patient care is rightly prioritised, she notes. �But that means that the casualties of not having enough nurses are that education, training and development are usually the first things ... Date: 28-09-2023 Categories: • Interview • Latest news • Policy

PM�s plans �risk being derailed� by nurse shortages, warns RCN The Prime Minister�s plans for the NHS are 'at risk of being derailed� by the shortage of nurses, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has warned. At the Conservative Party Conference yesterday (October 4), Prime M ... Date: 05-10-2023 Categories: • Latest news

Care sector �chronically under-resourced� to deal with pandemic, inquiry told Failure to tackle nurse shortages and burnout � particularly within the social care sector � is �a serious risk to the country�s ability to robustly tackle future pandemics�, the UK Covid-19 Inquiry has been told. The Royal Colleg ... Date: 21-03-2024 Categories: • Covid-19 • Latest news

Work-life balance a growing factor in nursing exodus, NHS figures show ... al development as the reason for leaving in 2022/23 � down from 1,212 in 2021/22. Last month, a representative from the Royal College of Nursing told the UK Covid-19 inquiry that failure to tackle nurse shortages and burnout represents �a serious risk to the country�s ability to robustly tackle future pandemics�. Date: 11-04-2024 Categories: • Latest news

Reform UK pledges 'tax breaks for nurses' in election manifesto ... t in Wales on Monday. He called for an �absolutely radical rethink� of the way public services are run, including the NHS. The party�s �contract� stated that it would aim to �end all doctor and nurse shortages' and ensure all frontline NHS and social care staff pay zero basic rate tax for three years.'This will help retain existing staff and attract many who have left to return,' the document said.The part ... Date: 18-06-2024 Categories: • Latest news

Nursing students struggling to see primary care as �viable place� to start careers ... e struggling to see primary care as a �viable�place� to start their careers, with limited placements opportunities and many vacancies seeking experienced nurses only. Despite the UK�facing growing nurse shortages, vacancies are being described as hard to come by across primary and secondary care, with many roles requiring a level of experience that�prevents new nurses from applying. Limited opportunities ... Date: 26-06-2024 Categories: • Latest news

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