Nurse recruitment drive launched by NHS England amid acute shortages

Campaign celebrates nursing as varied and fulfilling, but union says only higher pay will make lasting difference

The NHS is launching an effort to recruit tens of thousands of nurses to help fill the record number of vacancies that low pay, Covid and heavy workloads have created across the service.

A multimedia blitz will try to raise nursing's profile as a worthwhile career by featuring patients who benefited from nurses' skills and dedication.