Sentences with phrase «staff shortages mean»

Staff shortages mean that fewer numbers are present to cope with the escalating number of patients and their increasingly difficult needs.

The task force also said that many primary school teachers are not adequately prepared to teach the subject and staff shortages mean a quarter of secondary school pupils are taught by non-specialist maths teachers.

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A restricted regime has been put in operation as a result of staff shortages, meaning boys are spending more and more time in their cells.

Other key findings include: - Squeezed budgets mean many schools have been forced to shed staff, with further reductions to staff spending expected over the next two years - Teacher shortages seem to be getting worse - Schools that opt for academy status are not embracing the freedoms it brings in terms of curriculum, and teachers» pay and conditions - Secondary governors are using 11 - 16 funding to subsidise their sixth forms, as cuts in post-16 budgets bite

According to the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), teacher shortages mean classroom support staff are regularly completing duties that should be carried out by qualified teachers.

But the beginning of the Ontario Legal Aid Plan (which became Legal Aid Ontario by way of the Legal Aid Services Act, 1998, s. 3 (1)-RRB-, on March 29, 1967, meant many more accused persons had lawyers, which resulted in: (1) many more trials and a lot fewer guilty pleas; and as a result, (2) drastically over-crowded jails containing inmates awaiting trial; and, (3) shortages of staff in the Toronto Crown Attorney's Office.