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‘This should send shockwaves through the NHS, government, and society’
RCN warns nurses are leaving the NHS due to shocking levels of racist abuse and understaffing
NHS workers on the picket line outside St Thomas' Hospital, London, May 1, 2023

NURSES are leaving the NHS due to shocking levels of racist abuse and understaffing, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has warned.

Ministers were given an “urgent reality check” as a survey showed  35 per cent have experienced bullying, harassment or abuse at work.

One in seven nursing and midwifery staff said they have faced discrimination at work in the past 12 months.

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