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Every VA medical center has severe staffing shortages, audit finds
The independent watchdog for the Department of Veterans Affairs said the agency's health system is facing a severe staffing shortage of clinical and nonclinical workers that has worsened since last year — at the same time the agency has shed tens of thousands of workers and recruited fewer medical workers.
The inspector general's office released its annual report Tuesday, revealing the extent of staffing shortages that have plagued the agency for years and have worsened this year. All of the Veterans Health Administration's 139 medical centers reported lacking workers, and reports of severe shortages increased 50 percent from the previous fiscal year.
