Piper's Story

Meet Piper, 26, from Tynemouth in the North East. She wanted to train as a nurse to serve her community's healthcare needs, but hit a wall created by Westminster's funding choices. Health Education England's training budget was constrained by Treasury spending limits that treat public investment as a cost to be minimised, rather than the pathway to getting qualified staff onto understaffed wards. The training capacity existed. People like Piper were ready to fill those places. What was missing was a central government willing to fund the posts the NHS desperately needs. This is her story of being blocked by political choices made in Whitehall. Disclosure: Blocked Britain is produced independently and receives no government funding.