300 nurses have committed suicide in the last 7 years

During the worst year, one was committing suicide EVERY WEEK as Tory cuts began to bite deep into the NHS.

Shadow Health Secretary Jonathan Ashworth has called for a government inquiry into the “alarming” figures – 23 per cent higher than the national average – from 2011 to 2017, the latest year on record.

The figures, from the Office for National Statistics, show 305 killed themselves over the seven-year period. Data revealed 32 suicides were recorded in 2017. This was down from 51 nurses aged from 20 to 64 in 2016.

But the highest total was 54, recorded in 2014. And a recent study has shown female nurses are more at risk of suicide than other professions.