Governments in the past have promised 2,000 new Nurses wishing X, Y, Z years. However, it was never taken into account how long these nurses would take to train/qualify nor what the drop out might be. These people put promises to appease the public but in the main, few of them actually know what it takes to keep the NHS going as they have no on the ground knowledge.
It's health care all round. The UK needs more medical staff. End of. Specialists need to be up2date with what patients require. Until the UK provides more staff so that pressures are eased, issues are unlikely to improve. 7 years ago my sister left the NHS due to unsafe working conditions, it broke her heart as she is very much a 'free at the point of delivery' person. Even the rules for the latter have altered
Shall I turn the key in the charabanc when it's cooler ;-). Who do U want to target first?