Eldorado Posted October 11, 2018 #1 Share Posted October 11, 2018 (edited) A parliamentary petition calling for nursing bursaries to be reinstated in England after a huge drop in nursing applications has reached 13,000 signatures in a week. Since the Government axed bursaries in 2016, applications for nursing degrees have fallen by a third and student nursing numbers have dropped by 11%. There are currently 41,000 nursing vacancies in NHS England with fears Brexit will cause a further exodus of foreign healthcare professionals. Full report: https://metro.co.uk/2018/10/04/plea-to-bring-back-nhs-bursaries-for-nurses-after-massive-drop-in-applications-8003557/ The Petition: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/227419 Edited October 11, 2018 by Eldorado Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevewinn Posted October 11, 2018 #2 Share Posted October 11, 2018 (edited) Get rid of needing a degree, plenty of Florence Nightingales outthere who have that caring nature and well suited to nursing. Adding the old English test to the application has put a lot of foreigners off from applying. Edited October 11, 2018 by stevewinn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ouija ouija Posted October 12, 2018 #3 Share Posted October 12, 2018 On 10/11/2018 at 12:51 PM, Eldorado said: A parliamentary petition calling for nursing bursaries to be reinstated in England after a huge drop in nursing applications has reached 13,000 signatures in a week. Since the Government axed bursaries in 2016, applications for nursing degrees have fallen by a third and student nursing numbers have dropped by 11%. There are currently 41,000 nursing vacancies in NHS England with fears Brexit will cause a further exodus of foreign healthcare professionals. Full report: https://metro.co.uk/2018/10/04/plea-to-bring-back-nhs-bursaries-for-nurses-after-massive-drop-in-applications-8003557/ The Petition: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/227419 I just wanted to thank you, El, for keeping us up to date on all things NHS. On 10/11/2018 at 1:19 PM, stevewinn said: Get rid of needing a degree, plenty of Florence Nightingales outthere who have that caring nature and well suited to nursing. Adding the old English test to the application has put a lot of foreigners off from applying. Let's not forget the FRED Nightingales! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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