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Mental health nursing ‘must be key concern of NHS plan’

Jo Stephenson RCNi reporter

Workforce numbers lag behind those in other areas of nursing and almost one third of all nurse vacancies are in mental health

Thousands more mental health nurses must be recruited across the NHS to address shortages that have left staff and services stretched to ‘breaking point’, say mental health leaders.

Mental Health Practice. 26, 4, 6-6. doi: 10.7748/mhp.26.4.6.s2

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06 July 2023 / Vol 26 issue 4

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