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Scrapping of nursing BTEC could worsen NHS staffing crisis, healthcare leaders warn
NURSING leaders, NHS bosses and campaigners united today to condemn the government for axing training courses which offer one of the “main pathways” for young people to become nurses.
They warned that the decision would worsen staffing crises in health and social care, with campaigners questioning whether the decision was “a deliberate act or incompetence.”
BTEC (Business and Technology Education Council) training in health and social care is one of the main paths for young people, particularly from poorer communities, to join the profession.
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