£115m spent on nursing cover last year - Foster and O’Neill ‘to appear together’

	Jul 31, 2020

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	NI spent £115m on nursing cover last year, audit report finds

	The cost of covering nursing vacancies in Northern Ireland reached £115 million last year, a new audit report has revealed.

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