Number of student nurses in Scotland below government target

Nursing currently has the highest vacancy rate out of Scotland's key NHS staff

It wasn’t just pressures on the A&E departments that the First Minister was having to answer today – she also faced calls to do more to recruit student nurses and midwifes into the profession.

It follows figures from the Royal College of Nursing that suggest the number of students taking up places to study the profession has fallen below Scottish Government targets.

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