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    Thousands of newly qualified nurses can’t find jobs as NHS chiefs forced to slash roles
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    Thousands of newly qualified nurses can’t find jobs as NHS chiefs forced to slash roles

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    1. Dry_Sandwich_860 on

      This is bizarre. I have friends in the medical profession in my area. Two of them quite their NHS jobs because they were being forced to work many extra shifts at short notice when they have young children at home. They signed up for an agency and have so much work that they’re turning it down. And they’re being paid much more.

      Staff shortages (mostly nurses) are also the reason that the backlog at my local hospital has been telling people for months not to show up at the emergency room unless they’re in a life-threatening situation.

    2. anonymouse39993 on

      There are a few reasons for this

      Large overseas recruitment filling roles

      Financial freezes

      The nursing associate role where staff who have half the training are put into roles acting as nurses even though they are not – this is unacceptable and dangerous

    3. Downtown_Annual_5612 on

      It’s not shortages. It’s all about money and government spending as usual.

      The UK government cut £5 million of services in the NHS in England last year… and then wonder why everyone in the working population is too sick to work. Nobody has been accessing treatments in time, due to government cuts.

      Let’s hope Labour does something better but I have very low expectations since they have behaved like Tory’s for, how long now?

    4. Bertybassett99 on

      Stop all agency employment right now and only employ directs. Your have your jobs filled.

    6. parakeetinthetree on

      I’ve literally just finished my degree and although I have been lucky and had a job sorted for months, some of my friends have not. I am in a very undersubscribed field (learning disabilities) which has seen a 45% drop off in numbers in the last 10 years.

      It seems like all the jobs that would have previously been open to newly qualified nurses now appear to be for nursing associates and everything else is band 6 or above which obviously we don’t have the experience for.

    7. SerendipitousCrow on

      Very much seeing jobs cut on my ward

      We used to have two admin staff. One retired and now they say they’re not putting it out to advert and we have to make do with one.

      There’s two OT posts. I was the 5 while the 6 was vacant. I’ve just moved up into the 6 position and I’m waiting to be told they won’t allow me a junior OT.

      We’re expected constantly to do more with less resources and it’s exhausting

    8. ABigCupidSunt on

      Reminds me of when I did my biomedical sciences degree. After graduation in 2014 I couldn’t secure a trainee position because the trusts couldn’t afford to fund someone to become a registered healthcare professional.

      Couldn’t practice without registration and can’t register without working in the NHS for 6-12 months so it ended up being a waste of 3 years of my life and tuition fees.
      It’s sad to see a new cohort of potential health care professionals go through a similar thing.

      I recently spoke to a local healthcare scientist that was worried about the workforce. Basically a lot of folks brought out of retirement to keep services going but they’ll be too old to work in the next 5 years. Makes little sense really.

    9. TheTabar on

      What happens to the healthcare systems of these other countries that we recruit from? Don’t they need staff, especially those from the developing world?

      Also, are we sure we’re not tricking these individuals into coming here and thinking they’ll earn a higher base since transitioning to a more developed country incurs higher cost of living.