Medics warn of workforce crisis as 94% report staffing issues

Nearly 94% of acute medics today reported regular problems in their units with having a full quota of staff, deepening concerns of a workforce crisis in the NHS.

Members of the Society for Acute Medicine (SAM), who represent more than 1,000 clinicians who deal with patients in hospital with medical emergencies, were asked about the state of staffing and patient care in their hospitals.

 

Full article in National Health Executive 5 May 2017