Understaffing driving workers to ill health and discouraging them for taking leave, says Royal College of Nursing CEO

Nurses across the UK are working while unwell in understaffed hospitals, with stress as the leading cause of illness, according to research.

A survey by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) of more than 20,000 nursing staff found that 66% had worked when they should have been on sick leave, up from 49% in 2017.

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