CPD funding cuts prove costly for the profession
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CPD funding cuts prove costly for the profession

Graham Scott @NSeditor Editor, Nursing Standard

How could this have been allowed to happen? Since 2015, the organisation responsible for nurses’, midwives’ and allied health professionals’ continuing professional development (CPD) in England has reduced the funding available from £205 million a year to £83 million. The consequences are there for all to see.

Nursing Standard. 32, 13, 3-3. doi: 10.7748/ns.32.13.3.s1

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