Short-term help is welcome but NHS needs permanent workforce fix

Commenting on Labour’s plans for a voluntary overtime scheme in the NHS to help reduce waiting lists, UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said today (Sunday):
“The NHS needs all the help it can get. This is fine as a stop-gap measure, but this is all it must be.
“Health workers are already up against it and there are only so many hours in a day. But a voluntary scheme, where staff are paid fairly, that avoids the use of expensive agencies, makes sense in the sho