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The number of district nurses who have qualified with a specialist practitioner qualification (SPQ) has dropped by 6% in a year, new research has shown.

Four Isle of Wight ambulance apprentices graduate from a unique paramedic degree apprenticeship at the University of Cumbria

The number of district nurses who gained a specialist practitioner qualification (SPQ) within a year period is down by 6%.

The practice, based in Faversham, Kent announced it has also introduced a rolling waiting list, so it can contact people who werent able to secure an NHS appointment.

Sources close to the Health Secretary said he has always been interested in cutting bureaucracy. Mr Barclays war on waste is aimed at cutting waiting lists, which have hit an all-time high.

Helené Donnelly on the NHS's latest workforce plan.

Four apprentices from Isle of Wight Ambulance Service were among 200 paramedic apprentices from across England who officially graduated from University of Cumbria last week.

The government’s latest funding commitment to support the social care workforce must be backed by a long-term workforce plan, leaders from the sector have urged.

The government has announced £600 million in funding to build the social care workforce in the next two years and also prepare for the incoming winter.

But sector leaders warned there remains a need for a genuine plan for change and reform in the long term.