BBC NEWS 24 110 08 Aug 14:11/01 ************ ************** ****** * *** *** ** ************** ****** ************ ************************** GOVT TO INCREASE "SUPER-NURSE" NUMBERS The Government is to increase the number of so-called "super-nurses" in Britain's hospitals. The super-nurse scheme, with salaries of £40,000 offered, has been criticised for targeting just a handful of staff. But Health Secretary Frank Dobson told BBC1's Breakfast With Frost the number of super-nurses will rise to thousands. Mr Dobson also said 1,600 trained nurses who had left the profession had gone back on the wards. BBC NEWS 24 - NEWS EXTRA INDEX 140 Home 141 World 142 Politics 144