NHS: Staffing Levels
Debate between Gloria De Piero and Tracy Brabin(5 years, 11 months ago)
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Tracy Brabin
That is something that we have discussed with our trust. The cost should not necessarily fall on the shoulders of the people we want to employ, so that seems like a good thing.
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield) (Lab)
For Sherwood Forest Hospitals trust, which covers King’s Mill Hospital in my constituency, the latest figures show 200 nursing vacancies and, since nursing bursaries were abolished, a 32% decline in those applying to do it. Is it not time to bring nursing bursaries back?
Tracy Brabin
I absolutely agree that training for this most lauded position should not be done at the cost of nurses themselves.