Andy Burnham warns of ‘dangerous winter’ for NHS as new figures reveal Coalition has axed almost 6,000 nurses

‘Almost 6,000 nurses have been axed since the Tory-led coalition came to power, it was revealed today.

‘New figures showed 445 jobs have been cut in just the last month, bringing the total to 5,890 since May 2010, according to the Health and Social Care Information Centre.

Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham called for an end to the nurse cuts and warned that A&E units were on the brink of a “dangerous winter”.

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt responded by saying he would not listen to anyone from Labour when it came to providing safe care for patients.’

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