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Dumfries and Galloway Council taking drastic action to tackle staff shortage

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A staff shortage crisis has led to the council taking drastic action to recruit more frontline workers.The local authority is facing a “significant number of workforce pressures across key, lifeline services”, pushing it to the brink.Retired staff are being invited back to work, while current employees are being offered more working hours – or a second job.Meanwhile, council and partner health board chiefs are so desperate to recruit more health and social care workers that the usual employment admin process will be cut from weeks down to one to two hours.A series of recruitment roadshows are being organised, and it is also being proposed the council spends up to £15,000 on a broad advertising campaign.Councillors will discuss the staffing

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