Nurses Work : An Analysis of the U. K. Nursing Labour Market

This book provides the definitive profile of the UK nursing workforce and the labour market at a time of significant changes in the profession and in the health care system in the UK. The book provides the definitive profile of the UK nursing workforce and highlights key issues facing nurses at work. It examines trends in employment and deployment of nurses and nurses' attitudes to work, since the mid 1980s. It highlights the many changes that have occurred in the profession with a particular emphasis on recruitment, retention and utilisation of nurses in the National Health Service. Future trends in nursing employment are also examined.