A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hospital in London
THE Welsh government has been slammed for underfunding health education amid plans by Cardiff University to cut 400 jobs and axe their School of Nursing.
It has instead announced additional funding for the international recruitment of nurses.
Welsh Health Secretary Jeremy Miles told Senedd this week: “Additional international recruitment, along with new initiatives, will take place this year to support the recruitment needs of health boards and NHS trusts.
Cuts are sweeping campuses as cash-strapped universities slash staff and politicians fail to act on a growing funding emergency. VINCE MILLS reports
We need a massive change in direction to renew a crumbling health service — that’s why Plaid Cymru has an ambitious plan to recentre primary care by recruiting 500 additional GPs and opening six new elective care hubs across Wales, writes MABON AP GWYNFOR
Government urged ‘to tackle the root causes’ of the NHS crisis and improve ‘social care services’
