NHS chiefs call for energy relief and warn of 'humanitarian crisis'

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63% : Under Mr Barclay's plans, NHS managers may be sent as far as India and the Philippines to bolster the worldwide recruitment drive, which he said was essential to ensure social care services are maintained ahead of a winter 'sprint', The Times reports.
62% : Under Barclay's plans, NHS managers may be sent as far as India and the Philippines to bolster the worldwide recruitment drive, which he said was essential to ensure social care services are maintained ahead of a winter 'sprint', The Times reports.
56% : Health Secretary Steve Barclay told civil servants earlier this month to 'significantly increase' overseas recruitment of health and social care staff while streamlining hiring and regulatory procedures to ship in replacements.
48% : Foreign workers will be hired 'on a mass scale' to plug gaps in Britain's care homesGovernment ministers are drawing up plans to hire thousands of foreign workers to cover staff shortages in care homes this winter amid concerns over the state of the NHS and social care in the UK.
40% : There are close to 1.6 million staff in social care but there are still roughly 160,000 vacancies that need to be filled - and a decrease in acceptances on nursing degrees this year is likely to make the staffing crisis worse.
34% : The NHS will be forced to 'pick up the pieces' of increased demand for GP appointments, emergency departments, ambulances and social care.

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