‘Why is the NHS funding students if it can’t give them jobs?’ Anger over recruitment freeze

• NHS recruitment freeze is leaving newly qualified midwives, physiotherapists and nurses without job prospects despite completing publicly funded training programmes
• Students report significant anxiety about career prospects and question the rationale of continued NHS training funding amid hiring constraints
• Trust-level recruitment freezes appear misaligned with long-term workforce planning, creating potential pipeline gaps in key clinical disciplines

Dozens of midwifery, physiotherapy and nursing students contact BBC over fears they won't get jobs.

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