NHS HUMAN resources directors have been told to increase nurse staffing levels in a bid to improve morale and encourage recruitment.
The instruction is contained in a report commissioned by the Department of Health (DoH) from a team of workforce experts at Loughborough University. The DoH circulated the report to all NHS human resources departments last week and described it as 'an excellent recruitment tool'.
The Loughborough researchers asked members of the public, unqualified staff in the NHS and registered nurses who have quit the health service about their perceptions of nursing as a career.
'Nursing as a profession was viewed primarily in terms of hard work ...