me to make sure that staff feel recognised, heard and that we have _ recognised, heard and that we have safe _ recognised, heard and that we have safe staffing across the whole — have safe staffing across the whole organisation. we have had a real_ whole organisation. we have had a real focus over the past four years — a real focus over the past four years and _ a real focus over the past four years and retention and recruitment because feeling well— recruitment because feeling well staffed and having colleagues all around you helps you to — colleagues all around you helps you to feel safe and have that resilience _ you to feel safe and have that resilience to keep going. how is our resilience to keep going. how is your recruitment? - resilience to keep going. how is your recruitment? we - resilience to keep going. how is your recruitment? we know across the uk, there are huge surges in nursing staff. how is this just surges in nursing staff. how is thisjust doing? the mac really well. we recruited locally and internationally and well. we recruited locally and internationally— internationally and we had a low vacancy _ internationally and we had a low vacancy rate. _ internationally and we had a low vacancy rate. we - internationally and we had a low vacancy rate. we have l internationally and we had a i low vacancy rate. we have also focused — low vacancy rate. we have also focused heavily on retention. so we — focused heavily on retention. so we know we have got really good _ so we know we have got really good people who work there. 50% of the _ good people who work there. 50% of the work force here are nurses, _ of the work force here are nurses, midwives, health care surmort— nurses, midwives, health care support workers, professionals... it is a huge workforce _ professionals... it is a huge workforce and it is really important that we listen to

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as we head through the rest of this afternoon. it's cloudy, it's cold for the time of year. the best of the blue skies generally here. now, this is the pressure chart. air in from the west. for the rest of the day, though, it's mostly dry. few spots of drizzle here and there, particularly as our front continues to push in from the southwest here. so outbreaks of rain for devon, cornwall, pembrokeshire, up ahead of our front, then there's a greater chance into tomorrow morning.

again into western wales and up through northern ireland. through the gloom with that slightly brisker wind picking up. to the morning and it's still rather chilly as we head through the afternoon. it's a milder night, though, on friday into saturday feature starts to make its way into western wales and south it's cloudy, it's mostly dry and it's certainly very cold still for the time of year — just three to six celsius, into southeast england here. still cold and still rather

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