Singapore needs more nurses amid Covid-19 pandemic and ageing population


Nursing jobs were the hardest PMET positions to fill, according to the Singapore Ministry of Manpower's 2020 report on job vacancies. - The Straits Times/ANN

SINGAPORE, Aug 1 (The Straits Times/ANN): Although they make up the largest professional group of healthcare workers here, Singapore still does not have enough nurses.

As at the end of last year, there were more than 42,000 nurses registered with the Singapore Nursing Board.

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