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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rebecca Thomas and Samuel Lovett

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Government asleep at the wheel as nhs job vacancies hit staggering high - What They Never Told You

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NHS leaders have warned of a “staggering” level of staff vacancies, as one in 10 NHS jobs lie vacant.

The number of unfilled NHS jobs hit a new high of 132,000 in June according to new data, prompting health service chiefs to issue serious warnings to ministers of an “all-engulfing NHS crisis”.

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