Ministers in the UK are currently being urged to take action to try and tackle some of the many nurse shortages that are happening. They have to ensure that they have enough staff who are able to take on shifts so that patients can be cared for properly. The Royal College of Nursing have stated that the annual awareness day has been spearheaded by WHO. This has to be a wake-up call for the government, because the homecare nurse sector and the private nursing sector is now worse than it has ever been.

Nursing staff do deserve to be able to work with enough staff to-hand so that they can care for people as required. If this cannot be done then they may find themselves in a very dire situation. The global event is going to bring together families, communities, caregivers, leaders and even policymakers so that everyone can show the level of commitment that they are willing to support. There are well over 35,000 nurse vacancies in England alone and the organisation, RCN have warned that if this is not addressed soon then patient’s lives could be put at risk. When you take into account the Covid-19 pandemic as well, it’s not hard to see that patients are requiring more care and this is putting a huge amount of strain on hospitals. Nurses are having to work longer hours to cover shifts but if the nursing shortage was addressed then this would help to sort the issue while also making sure that patients are not left without the appropriate level of care.
Of course, only time will tell what the future holds for nursing, but right now it looks like more needs to be done to ensure that nurses are given the support they need to do their jobs efficiently.