Four reasons why Universities should be at the heart of the NHS Long-Term Workforce Plan
…000 of which are nursing posts. Even if the Government meets its manifesto pledge of 50,000 more nurses, there remain well-documented issues with retention of staff at a time when demand for nurses is increasing much faster than supply. The current NHS crisis cannot be blamed solely on Brexit and COVID, since we have not had a national NHS workforce strategy since 2003. Thankfully, then, the Government has said it will publish its long-term NHS wo…