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Hunt promises 3,700 more nurses, but numbers continue to decline.

Nurse numbers in England have fallen by almost 2,500 since the start of the year, despite a government pledge to hire thousands more staff. New figures from the Health & Social Care Information Centre reveal that 306,025 nurses, midwives and health visitors were working in England in August this year – down from 308,483 in January. Health secretary Jeremy Hunt announced last week that hospitals will recruit 3,700 nurses in England by the end of March as part of the government’s response to the Francis report into failings at Mid Staffs. The RCN claims staffing problems run deeper than official figures suggest and warns of a ‘hidden crisis’, with nearly 20,000 nursing posts currently unfilled in England.