Scottish nursing in crisis as more are leaving the profession than being trained
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SCOTTISH nursing is in crisis with more leaving the profession than being trained, the Royal College of Nursing Scotland warned today.
The RCN’s second annual Nursing in Scotland report paints a challenging picture for the Scottish government, showing that vacancy rates were running at between 8 and 9 per cent in the last year, while 4,238 nurses left the job over the same period – a 10-year high.
RCN’s Julie Lamberth said: “This report lays bare the full scale of the challenges facing the Scottish government and employers to scale the nursing workforce crisis.
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