A decisive decade: mapping the future NHS workforce
This report examines eight possible scenarios for the number of NHS nurses in England during the next decade, taking into account training places for nurses and midwives, rates of retirement and overseas recruitment.
It found that in the worst case scenario, 28 per cent of the nursing workforce (99,000 out of a current workforce of 352,104 registered nurses) could be lost during the next 10 years. More ……….

