Addressing a lost opportunity in the NHS workforce crisis: higher education’s future role in clinical placement management
…ere was genuine concern that the Government would struggle to meet its high-profile 2019 manifesto commitment of 50,000 additional nurses. NHS hospitals, mental health services and community providers had long been reporting a shortage of more than 100,000 full-time staff, including 40,000 nurses. According to The King’s Fund, this workforce crisis was the result of: a prolonged funding squeeze combined with years of poor workforce planning, weak…