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The Royal College of Nursing says staff shortages and exhaustion are placing growing pressure on social care services. Nurses describe feeling undervalued and responsible for unsafe numbers of vulnerable patients.

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00:01Social care nurses are warning of growing exhaustion and unsafe staffing levels,
00:05with new figures suggesting around a third are considering leaving the profession.
00:10Research from the Royal College of Nursing says thousands of registered nurses have disappeared
00:16from England's adult social care sector during the past decade. Staff responding to a union survey
00:22described feeling undervalued, overwhelmed and unable to provide the standard of care
00:27that they want for vulnerable residents. The union says some nurses are responsible
00:32for dozens of patients at once, raising concerns about safety and pressure on services.
00:37It's calling for long-term investment, better pay and leadership across social care.
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