Sustained funding for nursing and NHS needed in Budget, says UNISON

Commenting on the National Audit Office report into the NHS nursing workforce published today (Thursday), UNISON national nursing officer Stuart Tuckwood said:
“Any increases in nursing numbers in recent years have been vastly outstripped by demand on NHS services and tackling the coronavirus could test staffing to the limit.
“There’s a huge challenge to reverse the past decade of underfunding in nursing. There must be sustained, substantial investment in next week’s