Like #CA #GovNewsom, top Dem candidate for state's highest office pulls a #Gavin and quietly backs away from previous pledge to support #SinglePayer #Healthcare in America's most populous state...

#Newsom previously earned a big endorsement from state's powerful #nurses union before betraying promise to put issue on his agenda once elected.

Spokesman for former #HHS secretary under #Biden calls goal "unrealistic"

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We know weak workforce planning & staff shortages are a major element in the continuing NHS crisis, so its unsurprising nurses see this problem as part of their every day experience.... and the thing about health *care* is in the end its only really going to be as good as the people working & their ability to focus on the care of patients - it really is a numbers game.

Perhaps now West Streeting is gone, the idea that technology is the answer will fade?

#NHS #nurses
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