UK / NHS nursing posts / 12,000 to go says Labour

Thousands of NHS nursing posts could be lost in the next two years, the shadow Health Secretary has warned. Labour’s Andy Burnham said the health service would lose 12,000 nurses while the Coalition was in power if the current rate of loss continued.

Mr Burnham said there was new evidence that NHS trusts were meeting the health service efficiency challenge by “crude cuts” to frontline staff. The NHS has been charged with making £20bn in efficiency savings by 2015.

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via Coalition cuts will reduce nursing jobs by thousands, warns Labour – Health News – Health & Families – The Independent.