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Last updated10 November 2020 Case study Nursing apprenticeship pathway Read how the trust has used apprenticeships to increase its nursing supply by more than 100 nurses per year and decreased agency spend.
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Last updated23 June 2021 Case study Deploying nursing associates across the system University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust has worked to increase the number of trainee nursing associate apprenticeships.