BBCNEWS BBC News at Ten June 4, 2024 21:26:00
The workforce issues. a commons report published last month found that england is now short of 12,000 hospital doctors and more than 50,000 nurses and midwives, and called this the worst workforce crisis in nhs history. maternity services are extremely stretched. more than 500 midwives left the nhs in the year ending in march 2022. and almost all social care providers are struggling to hire staff, and finding it difficult to retain them. ministers say that foreign recruitment is one short—term solution. crumbling infrastructure is another major issue affecting care. the department of heath s...