Vacancy freezes and fears of redundancy continue in the NHS, despite a £1.8 billion surplus, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has warned. A survey of almost 330 of the UK’s specialist and experienced nurses found a third said their organisation had a vacancy freeze in place and one in four have been at risk of redundancy in their current role, with 20% still at risk.
Nearly half (47%) have been at risk of re-banding or downgrading (17% are currently at risk; 18% have been at risk and nearly 12% have had their post downgraded/re-banded). Only 51% of the nurses felt their work was valued by their organisation.
