Royal College of Nursing says the Government has failed to respond to clear and alarming signals that the tragedy it called “inevitable’ is about to happen again. In an exclusive interview, the organisation’s chief executive pointed to a perfect storm of dwindling foreign arrivals in the profess-ion due to Brexit, plummeting
Nurses are today warning Theresa May that dire staffing shortages have left the NHS on the brink of another Mid Staffs hospital scandal, putting hundreds of lives at risk. The
domestic applications, and chronic low pay and high stress pushing people out. Janet Davies said the RCN’s national day of action this week is a “final warning” before its nurses consider stri-king for the first time ever. An inquiry into the Mid Staffs scandal found poor care led to up to 1,200 avoidable deaths.