The plan to shift the burden for training nurses from the health budget to trainees themselves will indebt staff, undermine care and, overall, betrays the government's cruel willingness to sacrifice the public good on the false altar of austerity.Since 2010, the Conservative government has cut the supply of district nurses by 41% and mental health nurses by 11%. The total number of nurses in the NHS has increased by 1.1%, despite demand on the system growing by 16% due to an ageing population - and now the prospects of Brexit threatens the jobs of NHS staff from overseas. The crisis is undermining patient care and has eroded the morale of nurses.
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