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The nurse and the consultant, who had previously cared for Alice, had both moved on and there was a high level of temporary agency staff filling long-standing gaps in the rota.

He confirmed staff rotas would be reorganised and that night shifts at its factory in Castleford, which makes trench coats priced from £1,000 to £10,000 each, would be scrapped.

She said there needed to be better rota design to ensure staff could rest properly between shifts and improved rest facilities in hospitals.

The volunteers work on a four-week rota and take time to cut and sort out all the stories from two copies of each paper while being careful not to duplicate anything.

Their geographical locations and challenge of maintaining rotas are their biggest challenges which makes some of their services vulnerable.