The Nursing Crisis in Spain

ÁNGELES LÓPEZ Madrid In the past four years, 20,000 nurses have lost their jobs in Spain. While not the only sector affected by the crisis, a cut in the number of these professionals can have serious consequences on the health of citizens. Longer are 5,000 nurses who are working in other countries because of unemployment. This figure further undermines the scarce resources of the staff in our country, which is at the bottom of the list of Europe in number of nurses per capita.

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ÁNGELES LÓPEZ Madrid
In the past four years, 20,000 nurses have lost their jobs in Spain. While not the only sector affected by the crisis, a cut in the number of these professionals can have serious consequences on the health of citizens. Longer are 5,000 nurses who are working in other countries because of unemployment. This figure further undermines the scarce resources of the staff in our country<strong>, which is at the bottom of the list of Europe in number of nurses per capita.

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