Monitor has reported that NHS Foundation Trusts (FTs) intend to recruit 10,000 more clinical staff to raise the quality of care.
The sector regulator’s annual review of FT plans shows Trusts are forecasting to take on 1,134 permanent consultants, 1,273 junior doctors and 4,133 nurses and midwives in 2013/14. They will also be increasing the amount of healthcare assistants, ambulance paramedics, social care and theatre staff. This investment will cost an estimated extra £500 m (or 2% of current staffing costs) and is also intended to maintain staffing levels following the failures of care highlighted by the recent Francis and Keogh reports.
