MORE funding is needed to “pull the NHS back from the brink,” the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has warned.

The world’s largest health union, representing 465,000 nurses, midwives and other health professionals across Britain, said that the country is facing “disaster for the health and care services this winter” unless Chancellor Rishi Sunak allocates more funds in his Budget this week.

Recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic will be “impossible without further investment to tackle the nursing workforce crisis,” the RCN warned.