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Britain’s major health organisations have called on the government to put a stop to “reckless” plans to reform student nurse funding in the current climate of uncertainty and NHS staff shortages.
Led by the Royal College of Nursing, the British Medical Association, the Royal College of General Practitioners and the Patients Association, a coalition of more than 20 charities, medical and professional bodies and trade unions today releases an open letter to David Cameron saying that moves to drop funding for student nurses and midwives are an “untested gamble”.
Currently open to a 12-week consultation, which closes on 30 June, the proposals include dropping bursaries to support nurses during their training and switching them to student loans – something health experts warn will risk reducing the supply of future nurses, midwives and other health workers when they are desperately needed.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/jun/18/government-reckless-axing-student-nurse-funding
Madness, the exact opposite of what should be happening
Led by the Royal College of Nursing, the British Medical Association, the Royal College of General Practitioners and the Patients Association, a coalition of more than 20 charities, medical and professional bodies and trade unions today releases an open letter to David Cameron saying that moves to drop funding for student nurses and midwives are an “untested gamble”.
Currently open to a 12-week consultation, which closes on 30 June, the proposals include dropping bursaries to support nurses during their training and switching them to student loans – something health experts warn will risk reducing the supply of future nurses, midwives and other health workers when they are desperately needed.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/jun/18/government-reckless-axing-student-nurse-funding
Madness, the exact opposite of what should be happening