The National Audit Office criticizes the expansion of nursing education in a new report

The Government’s investment in training more nurses, specialist nurses and midwives has not led to any major increase in the labor force in these professions during the review period 2015-2017, the National Audit Office states in a critical report. The problem does not lie with the higher education institutions, but in the assignment and the fact that the government has not taken the conditions of the higher education institutions into account, above all the lack of clinical placements, according to the report. The goals set for the period 2015-2017 could not be met; worst result was seen for specialist nurses, where the goal was to train 600 new ones while the result was 42. The goal for midwives was just under 300, with the result 50. The goal for nurses was 700, and the result 567.