NHS struggling with recruitment crisis
Official figures reveal that thousands of posts for doctors and nurses have not been filled in the National Health Service.
The statistics show the scale of the NHS recruitment crisis, reported the state-funded BBC.
Health unions blame poor workforce planning, but the Conservative government of British Prime Minister David Cameron officials say the NHS has more staff than ever before.
On 1 December 2015, the NHS in England, Wales and Northern Ireland had more than 23,443 nursing vacancies - equivalent to 9% of the workforce, Data from a BBC Freedom of Information request shows.
Chief Executive of Health Education England, Ian Cumming said there would be a shortfall in nurses until at least 2020.
According to a report by the Office for National Statistics that equates to a vacancy rate of 7% for doctors and 10% for nurses compared with an average vacancy rate of 2.7% for the general economy.
“We certainly do recognize that there is a particular shortage of nurses, but also some other workforces within the NHS at the moment. The demand for nurses has gone up by 24,000 over the last three years,” Cumming said.
Cumming also admitted that the number of overseas staff in the service was increasing saying, "This isn’t a new phenomenon. Overseas nurses have always made a contribution to our NHS.”
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