title: The independent and voluntary sectors offer satisfying jobs.
abstract: RCN general secretary Peter Carter has spoken of hundreds of NHS nursing posts disappearing in recent months. Rachel Reeves, shadow chief secretary to the Treasury, claimed on BBC 1's Question Time on March 1 that at least 3,000 nurses had been lost from the health service last years.
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Smith