A CONSULTANT surgeon revealed that a shortage of nurses in the Blackburn area could lead to "grave problems".

Jack Magell told Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley health authority, which was discussing a report by the Association of Anaesthetists and the Association of Surgeons, that more money needed to be spent on nursing staff immediately, even at the expense of other plans.

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