Alarm Raised Over Nursing Drop-Out Rates; Student Departures Threaten Nhs Drive; the Herald Health Debate
The Herald › September 17, 2004
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A MASSIVE drop-out rate among student nurses is threatening to derail the Scottish Executive's recruitment drive in the NHS, unions and nursing representatives will warn today.
One in four nursing students currently leave before completing their course, despite the executive's commitment to increase the number of nurses in Scotland by 12,000 by 2007.See the full content of this document
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Alarm Raised Over Nursing Drop-Out Rates; Student Departures Threaten Nhs Drive; the Herald Health Debate
The crisis comes as Malcolm Chisholm, the health minister, struggles to contain a revolt by MPs, MSPs and communities affected by the centralisation of acute and emergency services across Scotland.
At a conference on student nurse retention in Edinburgh, Mr Chisholm will be told that a lack of financial support for students is to blame for the problem.The Royal College of Nursing Scotland and Unison, the public sector union, claim that chaotic planning has exacerbated the crisis, as nurses are not a...See the full content of this document
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