The Department of Health says the budgetary situation means difficult choices are unavoidable.
The department said they recognised the importance of investment in staffing and was committed to 1,025 new nursing placesThe number of nursing student places in Northern Ireland is to be cut by 300, BBC News NI has learned.
"It is unimaginable that the Department of Health has been put in the position of having to cut the number of student nursing places for 2023-2024 because of the political and financial crisis in Northern Ireland," she explained. In a statement to BBC News NI, the department said because of New Decade, New Approach it had been possible to offer an additional 300 places for the past three years but the 2023/24 budget means it is not possible this year.Ms Devlin said the additional training posts had been implemented by the department to put in place a "safe staffing framework to address the concerns being articulated by nurses here".
The Department of Health warned that training places could be cut when in April it issued that without additional funding "high impact spending cuts" were inevitable. It will mean that health trusts must choose from a list of 33 approved suppliers when they need extra nurses, midwives or healthcare support workers.The Department of Health said the new system will be phased in.Ms Devlin said the Royal College of Nursing welcomed the move as a "first step" towards addressing some of the recruitment and staff retention problems facing the nursing sector.
They argue it can also compromise patient safety, due to the high turnover of temporary nurses working in unfamiliar wards.Brenda McKay said nurses want to work for agencies that meet all required regulations
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