Nursing shortage
Surely the human resources department in each hospital or trust can keep a register of nursing staff to be contacted in case of need in the way colleges and schools have always done.
I knew nurses who had left for various family reasons or were recently retired who were familiar with our main hospitals and would have loved occasional shifts.
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(Rev Dr) John Cameron
Howard Place
St Andrews