NHS hospitals unable to fill thousands of vacant posts, Labour says

Understaffing so acute almost one in four posts at some trusts in England are vacant, freedom of information requests show

The NHS is short of more than 100,000 staff, and some hospitals are struggling to fill as many as 1,600 vacancies, according to new research that has sparked fresh fears about patient safety.

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