If you work in a nurse agency or even as part of a nursing recruitment agency, then you will know more than anyone how frustrating it can be when things take a turn for the worst in the industry. Right now, UCAS figures are showing that nursing applications in England are now way lower when compared to three years ago. Funding reforms are now failing to deliver, and this is shocking to say the least. Figures have been released by the Universities and even Colleges Admission Service and they have shown that nursing applications in England have fallen by over 29%. This happened in the year 2016 and this is a small increase when compared.

These numbers do suggest that the decision to remove this kind of funding has failed in its aim to try and attract more people to the industry. It leaves the health and care system desperately short and it also stops them from getting the support that they need in the future.

RCN Dame Donna Kinnair has stated that she needs to see a much bigger increase if they want to have the number of nurses they’re looking for. They want to try and sustain health and even care services, not to mention that they also want to give them the care that they deserve. They need to see a sustained level of improvement if they want to grow the supply of the future nurses and they also need to work on the delivery of a long-term plan too. They believe that they cannot do this without some kind of urgent action.

This needs to be changed and if people are not careful then they may find themselves in an even worse situation as a result. Who knows what’s going to happen next.