NHS set to mobilise student nurses to help tackle coronavirus

Student nurses are set to be mobilised to join the registered workforce early in order to support the NHS front line response to coronavirus, the head of the NHS in England has revealed to nurse leaders.

Sir Simon Stevens told the chief nursing officer for England’s summit in Birmingham that up to 18,000 third-year undergraduate nurses would be invited to join the workforce.

Speaking during a question and answer session, Sir Simon, chief executive of NHS England, said Covid-19 was now the “single biggest challenge facing all European health services, and the NHS will be no exception”.

 

Read more via The Nursing Times

Discover more from The Dispatch

Subscribe now to keep reading and get access to the full archive.

Continue reading

Verified by MonsterInsights