Healthcare - Nursing
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As of 2018 the NHS had 40,000 vacant nursing posts
The key reason for the shortage is the number of nurses leaving the profession due to low pay and poor working conditions
Between July 2017 and July 2018, 1,584 more EU nurses and health visitors left their role in the NHS than joined
Projections for nurse shortages predict that following present trends there will be a 100,000 shortfall by 2030
The population is expected to increase by a further 11% to 62 million by 2041 putting further strain on the NHS and nursing
per head of population, the UK has fewer than half as many nurses as Norway (8 nurses compared to 18)
According to HEE, around 33,000 positions are filled temporarily by agency staff a large extra expense for local NHS trusts
As at the end of 2018, NHS trusts were forecasting spending some £5.6 billion on temporary staff in 2018/19
Using temporary staff is disruptive to health services and reduces the ability to deliver continuity of care
From April 2010, newly qualified nurses in England were paid a starting salary of about £21,200
From 2018, new nurses start on £23,000
Taking into account inflation, new starter nurses are now earning around £1,900 less than in 2010
Newly qualified nurses have seen an 8% reduction in pay over eight years
Nurses saw their wage rises capped at either 0% or 1% between 2010 and 2018
From 2010 to 2018 nurses saw a 10-14% fall in wages in real terms
On average nurses are £2500-£3000 worse off per year since 2010
The wage restraint has been a false economy as NHS trusts have needed to go out to agencies to make up the shortfall in nurse numbers
Rents and house prices have risen far above inflation figures
Growing numbers of nursing staff are using food banks, taking on additional jobs and accruing personal debt
The RCN also awarded 6,500 hardship grants to trainee nurses over three years (2015-17)
Suicide rate among nurses was 23% higher than the national average
Two years on from the removal of the NHS student bursary (as of 2018), applications to nursing degree courses have plummeted by a third in England.
The end of bursaries mean nurses are qualifying with debts of £40,000 into a profession that is not particularly well paid
Sign the petition re-instate nursing bursary and scrap tuition fees
The key reason for the shortage is the number of nurses leaving the profession due to low pay and poor working conditions
Between July 2017 and July 2018, 1,584 more EU nurses and health visitors left their role in the NHS than joined
Projections for nurse shortages predict that following present trends there will be a 100,000 shortfall by 2030
The population is expected to increase by a further 11% to 62 million by 2041 putting further strain on the NHS and nursing
per head of population, the UK has fewer than half as many nurses as Norway (8 nurses compared to 18)
According to HEE, around 33,000 positions are filled temporarily by agency staff a large extra expense for local NHS trusts
As at the end of 2018, NHS trusts were forecasting spending some £5.6 billion on temporary staff in 2018/19
Using temporary staff is disruptive to health services and reduces the ability to deliver continuity of care
From April 2010, newly qualified nurses in England were paid a starting salary of about £21,200
From 2018, new nurses start on £23,000
Taking into account inflation, new starter nurses are now earning around £1,900 less than in 2010
Newly qualified nurses have seen an 8% reduction in pay over eight years
Nurses saw their wage rises capped at either 0% or 1% between 2010 and 2018
From 2010 to 2018 nurses saw a 10-14% fall in wages in real terms
On average nurses are £2500-£3000 worse off per year since 2010
The wage restraint has been a false economy as NHS trusts have needed to go out to agencies to make up the shortfall in nurse numbers
Rents and house prices have risen far above inflation figures
Growing numbers of nursing staff are using food banks, taking on additional jobs and accruing personal debt
The RCN also awarded 6,500 hardship grants to trainee nurses over three years (2015-17)
Suicide rate among nurses was 23% higher than the national average
Two years on from the removal of the NHS student bursary (as of 2018), applications to nursing degree courses have plummeted by a third in England.
The end of bursaries mean nurses are qualifying with debts of £40,000 into a profession that is not particularly well paid
Sign the petition re-instate nursing bursary and scrap tuition fees
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A Labour government will step in with a long-term workforce plan for our health service that gives staff the support they need to do the best for their patients
Labour will scrap the NHS pay cap, put pay decisions back into the hands of the independent pay review body and give our NHS workers the pay they deserve
Labour will protect patients and legislate to ensure safe staffing levels in the NHS
Labour’s long-term ambition is for our health system to have the best trained staff in the world, ready to deal with whatever they have to face in the years to come
Labour will re-introduce bursaries and funding for health-related degrees
Labour will immediately guarantee the rights of EU staff working in our health and care services
Labour will support NHS whistleblowers to make sure health service staff are able to speak up in support of the best possible standards for patients
Labour will make it an aggravated criminal offence to attack NHS staff
A Labour government will step in with a long-term workforce plan for our health service that gives staff the support they need to do the best for their patients
Labour will scrap the NHS pay cap, put pay decisions back into the hands of the independent pay review body and give our NHS workers the pay they deserve
Labour will protect patients and legislate to ensure safe staffing levels in the NHS
Labour’s long-term ambition is for our health system to have the best trained staff in the world, ready to deal with whatever they have to face in the years to come
Labour will re-introduce bursaries and funding for health-related degrees
Labour will immediately guarantee the rights of EU staff working in our health and care services
Labour will support NHS whistleblowers to make sure health service staff are able to speak up in support of the best possible standards for patients
Labour will make it an aggravated criminal offence to attack NHS staff