Dramatically increasing trainee numbers, offering grants and easing immigration rules could help ease the burden, the report says.
Even that ambition would require the recruitment of 6,000 new physiotherapists.
Several NHS trust chief executives told Sky News this week that uncertainty over Brexit was compounding the problem, with many EU nurses returning home since the referendum in 2016. Its funding will depend on the outcome of the Comprehensive Spending Review in the autumn, when the funding for Health Education England will be determined.Anita Charlesworth, director of research and economics at the Health Foundation, said:"The NHS doesn't have enough nurses today and without action this problem is going to get significantly worse over the coming years.
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