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The NHS graduate job crisis explained | In Case You Missed It

The NHS needs more staff. So why are healthcare grads in Wales struggling to find jobs?

For students like Lorna, years of training haven't led to the career they expected.

She's trained to save lives but has been left unemployed. So what's behind this growing NHS graduate jobs crisis? And what does it mean for the rest of UK?

In this video:

00:00 - Job for life? Not anymore 01:24 - Meet Lorna, a student paramedic 01:49 - Graduate roles explained 02:48 - 'Disappointed, angry, upset' 04:03 - NHS under pressure 05:12 - Lorna on the impact of long ambulance wait times 06:10 - Vacancies explained 06:39 - So why can't we hire all healthcare graduates? 11:29 - Career bottlenecks 12:32 - The wider impact of the recruitment crisis 14:20 - The human Impact 14:48 - Lorna on what she'll do next 15:29 - Grads, please get in touch

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