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Vacancies

On 12 Dec 2019 at 1:10pm DfL_in_Lewes wrote:

There are currently 43,500 nursing vacancies in the NHS in England.
I've only posted this for personal amusement to read the Tory apologists' excuses and how it is the fault of parties who have not been in power for nine years.

On 12 Dec 2019 at 3:18pm nancy wrote:

Have you applied? Why not?

On 12 Dec 2019 at 3:26pm Sleeveless wrote:

Nursing numbers haven�t actually shrunk (they have increased by 1% per annum since 2009 and obviously haven�t kept up with demand) but in the same period, Paramedics have increased by 46%. Anyone know why?

On 12 Dec 2019 at 3:43pm DfL_in_Lewes wrote:

It is only about demand. What has the Tory government done in the last nine years to incentivise people to join the NHS as nurses? The vacancies have not appeared overnight?

On 12 Dec 2019 at 3:44pm DfL_in_Lewes wrote:

Nancy - that is your most ridiculous post so far on Lewes forum, and that is saying something.

On 12 Dec 2019 at 5:01pm Basil wrote:

DfL_in_Lewes wrote: 'What has the Tory government done in the last nine years to incentivise people to join the NHS as nurses?'

For five of those years the Lib Dems were enthusiastically propping up the Tories. They'd like us to forget that but we haven't.

On 12 Dec 2019 at 6:31pm nancy wrote:

I asked a question. Are you avoiding the answer? I believe that's called "Doing a Corbyn"

On 12 Dec 2019 at 7:29pm DfL_in_Lewes wrote:

Nancy - I have never wanted to be a nurse. So I have never applied. Any more ridiculous questions?

On 13 Dec 2019 at 1:19pm nancy wrote:

I don't suppose you want to be a care worker or a lorry driver or even a cold caller either, there is a shortage of all of them. Perhaps that's the fault of the Tories too.

On 13 Dec 2019 at 1:24pm DfL_in_Lewes wrote:

Nancy - I know it's quite hard to say clever things if your Tory Overlords haven't been chanting it daily for you. But please try and think before you write such garbage. It will make for a more meaningful discussion and you may even find you have some of your own opinions.

On 13 Dec 2019 at 11:18pm ar10642 wrote:

You have to do a degree for which there is no longer a bursary for, to earn a pittance working long hours in a system being eroded by successive governments. Politically driven pay freezes are the norm. Why *would* you do that job?