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Care providers struggling to fill nurse vacancies, report reveals

Dr Donald Macaskill

Three-quarters of providers in Scotland are reporting difficulties filling nurse vacancies, with the number of registered nurses working in adult care homes declining.   Drawing on responses from 48 organisations employing 780 nurses across 234 care home services, data published by Scottish Care reveals a workforce under ‘sustained pressure’ because of persistent recruitment challenges, fragile…

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