wave of coronavirus. Ruth May told The Independent the health service needs more nurses to avoid operations being cancelled this winter. In her first interview since the pandemic began, she revealed 6,500 international nurses were already “on the order
England’s chief nurse has set out plans to spend up to £180m to boost NHS nurse numbers ahead of a second
book”, with dozens having travelled from India in the last two weeks. The Department of Health and Social Care has given the NHS a £28m pot to boost recruitment and cover costs such as flights and accommodation for nurses to help get them into the UK.