nursing post are vacant. there is a shortfall of 11%, the point the royal college of nursing wa nts to point the royal collegerd cutouts. the rcn says it is a national crisis which put patients safety in danger. this is a crisis that everybody knows exists but it is not being dealt with that though it is a crisis and there is a real urgency to it. in patients are not reserving — make expecting it and we want the public to say it in safety in knowing somebody is going to listen to them. it has increased by nearly 10,000 over the last five yea rs by nearly 10,000 over the last five years but that figure is dwarfed in comparison to the number of admissions, up a 1.5 million over the same period. that means admissions are rising nearly three times faster than the nurse workforce. they are introducing a law u nsafe workforce. they are introducing a law unsafe staff nursing levels but once a national body to be created to plan for the future nursing needs and it is asking for £1 billion of investment to boost student nurse numbers. and they will ensure high quality care. coming up at 6am on brea kfast: dan walker a

patient safety could be put at risk because of a shortage of nurses in england — that's according to the royal collegecalling on the government to follow scotland and wales by introducing a new law to ensure safe staffing levels. here's our health reporter, katharine da costa. too many nursing posts in england are vacant. there's a shortfall of about 40,000 or 11%, a point the royal college of nursing wants to highlight with these cardboard cutouts. the rcn says it's a national crisis that's putting patients' safety in danger. this is a crisis that everybody knows exists but it is not being dealt with as though it is a crisis and there is a real urgency to it. and patients are not receiving the best that they deserve. and we want the public to be able to say that in safety in knowing that someone's going to listen to them. the number of nurses working in hospitals in england has increased by nearly 10,000 over the last five years but that figure is dwarfed in comparison to the number of admissions, up by1.5 million over the same period. that means admissions are rising nearly three times faster than t

the royal college of nursing is calling for £1 billion of investment to boost student nurse numbers andle and organisations accountable for the situation, whether that be the secretary of state for the numbers in the system, or down to a local employer for making sure there's enough nursing staff per shift every day. but the think tank, the nuffield trust, says introducing new laws doesn't go far enough. the nhs needs to do more to recruit more nurses, we think the nhs needs to increase the number of nurses we train within the uk by about 5,000 every year, and we also think we need to be able to recruit around 5,000 nurses every year from overseas, and that's on top of doing more work to retain the nurses we've already got. the government says patient safety is paramount and all hospitals are already required by law to have the right staff in the right place. it says it is already providing more training, flexibility and pay rises to help recruit and retain a dedicated workforce. breaking news from glasgow... this is to do with hospital provision at the queen elizabeth university hospit

patient safety could be put at risk because of a shortage of nurses in england — that's according to the royal collegeotland and wales by introducing a new law to ensure safe staffing levels. here's our health reporter katharine da costa. too many nursing posts in england are vacant. there is a shortfall of around 40,000, or ii%, a point of the royal college of nursing wants to highlight with these cardboard cutouts. the rcn says it's a national that's putting patient safety in danger. this is a crisis that everyone knows exists, but it's really not being dealt with as if it's a crisis, and there's a real urgency to it. patients are not receiving the best that they deserve, and we want the public to be able to say that in safety and knowing that someone's going to listen to them. the number of nurses working in hospitals in england is increased by nearly 10,000 over the last five years, but that figure's dwarfed in comparison to the number of admissions, up by 1.5 million over the same period. that means admissions are rising nearly three times faster than the nurse workforce. the rcn is calling for e

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patient safety is at risk because of a shortage of nurses in england — that's according to a new study. the royal collegeed to hospitals has grown nearly three times faster than the workforce. it's calling on the government to follow scotland and wales in safe staffing laws as katharine da costa reports. understaffed and overworked, a new campaign plans to highlight what the nursing union calls a national crisis. every week, short staffing affects how we work on the ward, the ca re we can affects how we work on the ward, the care we can give and puts extra pressure on staff who are trying their best, but eventually it can ta ke their best, but eventually it can take a toll and affect the quality of care. 11 blank cutouts to represent the ii% vacancy rate, a shortfall of nearly 40,000 nurses. in fact, the number of nurses working in hospitals in england has increased by nearly 10,000 over the last five years, but the figure is dwarfed by the jump last five years, but the figure is dwarfed by thejump in last five years, but the figure is dwarfed by the jump in the last five years, but the figure is dwarfed

here with me now is patricia marquis from the royal college of nursing. welcome. ouple of units that have already had to either move or reduce services due to the fact that there aren‘t enough nurses specialists in cancer, and that, for us, isa specialists in cancer, and that, for us, is a really significant issue. and how important our nurses in the overall scheme of things, because obviously gps are the gatekeepers, and then... so i think it goes right across, from your gp service, there will be nurses there, to help identify and support patients as they are identified, but then when you are referred into a specialist centre for your treatment, it will rely very heavily on nurses through the whole process, so in preparation in the treatment, and in the services that you receive afterwards, whether that be chemotherapy for example, or whether it be just the support, the whole package of support that you get. nurses are really central to the services that are required. but is theissue services that are required. but is the issue coming at the start of the process w