A new report said almost every part of the NHS was suffering staff shortages
DAMNING NHS REPORT: A new report says the Government has no credible strategy to improve the situation in the NHS
The committee's new report also states research by the Nuffield Trust shows the NHS in England is short of 12,000 hospital doctors and more than 50,000 nurses and midwives. The report said: “In the face of this, the Government has shown a marked reluctance to act decisively. The workforce plan promised in the spring has not yet been published and will be a ‘framework’ with no numbers, which we are told could potentially follow in yet another report later this year.”
The report said staff are under pressure and the NHS loses millions of full-time equivalent days to staff sickness caused by anxiety, stress and depression. The report also criticises NHS pension arrangements which are leading to senior doctors reducing their working hours owing to facing hefty tax bills. More needs to be done on social care worker pay to stop people leaving, it added.
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