December 15, 2022
Us to double the number of medical school places, increase nursing and midwifery clinical training places by 10,000, double the number of district nurses qualifying, and introduce 5,000 extra health visitors to plug the shortfall there. thats essential, because at the heart of the nhs crisis, we see the record high backlogs, the long waits, is a shortage of staff. so weve got to address that fundamental issue. but theres a wider issue, i think, in the nhs, which, even if we werent in a scenario ...