Unfilled posts pile further pressure on NHS staff
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Unfilled posts pile further pressure on NHS staff

Colin Parish @RCNi_Colin Editor, Mental Health Practice
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The NHS in England and Wales is facing a tough winter, no matter what the weather will be. But the situation is going to be especially challenging this year because there are 7,600 nursing and midwifery vacancies in mental health services, which equates to one in ten posts being unfilled.

Mental Health Practice. 21, 2, 5-5. doi: 10.7748/mhp.21.2.5.s1

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11 October 2017 / Vol 21 issue 2

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