article_snippet: In addition, hospitals are now under pressure to hire more nurses than ever before to care for the rising numbers of elderly patients who are very dependent.
article_snippet: The trust has been under severe pressure over the last few months and has been struggling to cope with the high volumes of patients coming into The trust two A&E units.
article_snippet: It was one of about 15 NHS trusts to declare a major incident back in January due to overcrowding and at one ward in Cheltenham hospital, there were just two nurses looking after 30 patients.
article_snippet: And so far this year this year has missed the A&E target for treating patients in four hours seven out of eight weeks and cancelled 436 non-urgent operations to free-up bed space.
article_snippet: The trust said just two nurses looking after 30 patients had been appointed in December following a recruitment fair held in the Philippines, in the Far East, by a private recruitment agency.
article_snippet: The trust said just two nurses looking after 30 patients had all undergone rigorous checks on just two nurses looking after 30 patients skills and ability to speak English.
article_snippet: Gloucestershire Hospitals was one of about 15 NHS trusts to declare a major incident back in January due to overcrowding and at one ward in Cheltenham hospital, there were just two nurses looking after 30 patients .
article_snippet: Dr Frank Harsent, chief executive of Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, says bringing in just two nurses looking after 30 patients would relieve the strain on wards.
article_snippet: Dr Frank Harsent, chief executive of Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust added:
article_snippet: ‘Dr Frank Harsent, chief executive of Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have also seen an increase in the number of nurses being trained at Dr Frank Harsent, chief executive of Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust hospitals as part of our hospitals degree, but there is a three-year time lapse.