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Article: Staff exodus has intensive care on the critical list; As a staffing crisis grips London hospitals, an Evening Standard investigation has revealed that one in five intensive care nursing posts is vacant and some units face shortfalls of over 40 per cent. Zoe Morris reports.
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- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- August 13, 2001
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Byline: ZOE MORRIS
INTENSIVE care units are the worst hit of all hospital departments by the exodus of experienced nurses from the capital.
Millions of pounds have been invested in increasing the number of intensive care beds and on campaigns to tempt experienced nurses back to the NHS. But managers have struggled to make recruitment keep pace with demand.
Figures show that overall, 19.5 per cent of London's intensive care nursing posts are not filled with a permanent member of staff.
This forces hospitals to rely on agency nurses who can cost the NHS three times as much. These nurses are often working in unfamiliar surroundings and ...
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