National Workforce Implementation Plan News Today

RCN Wales has written to the new Welsh first minister to highlight concerns surrounding staff numbers, training and the introduction of NAs.

Read about a letter sent by the Royal College of Nursing to Vaughan Gething, who was recently appointed first minister of Wales.

Newly-qualified doctor Jack Tagg, 23, is leaving the NHS to move to Australia for better pay and support as he says morale in the NHS is at an all-time low.

The Royal College of Nursing has claimed that Wales is missing more even more nurses than it was last year. Read the details here.

The Royal College of Nursing has raised fresh concerns over the ageing general practice nursing workforce in Wales.

The chief executive and registrar of the Nursing and Midwifery Council has said she recognises the “incredibly difficult circumstances” nurses are currently facing and that a “big priority” is ensuring registrants feel supported by their regulator.

A nurse retention plan and preceptorship scheme will be delivered in Wales by April this year under fresh commitments made by the government there.

The NHS Wales workforce is at record levels, with over 105,000 staff directly employed currently.