Veterans Affairs Hospitals Are Finding It Harder to Fill Jobs, Watchdog Says

Watchdog Finds 50% Increase in VA Medical Center Jobs with 'Severe' Shortages

This year, Veterans Health Administration facilities reported 4,434 severe occupational staffing shortages in jobs ranging from physicians to nurses to security guards to electricians, the VA's inspector general said in the report.

VA Hospitals Finding It Harder to Fill Jobs, Watchdog Says

(MedPage Today) -- Government-run medical centers serving the nation's veterans have reported an increase in severe staffing shortages, with many hospitals having trouble filling jobs for doctors, nurses, and psychologists, according to an independent...

Staffing shortages at VA health systems are on the rise, watchdog finds

The VA's Office of Inspector General found facilities reported 4,434 staffing shortages this fiscal year, which is a 50% increase from fiscal year 2024.

Veterans Affairs hospitals are finding it harder to fill jobs, watchdog says

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) Government-run medical centers serving the nation's veterans have reported an increase in severe staffing shortages, with many hospitals having trouble filling jobs for doctors, nurses and psychologists, according to an independent watchdog for the Department of Veterans Affairs.Tuesday's report from the VA's Office of Inspector General is based on surveys from late March and early April that were taken at 139 Veterans Health A…

Watchdog: VA Hospitals Finding It Harder to Fill Jobs

Government-run medical centers serving the nation's veterans have reported an increase in severe staffing shortages, with many hospitals having trouble filling jobs for doctors, nurses, and psychologists, according to an independent watchdog.

VA’s severe health care staffing shortages are on the rise, watchdog finds

Severe health care staffing shortages at the Department of Veterans Affairs are on the rise, according to an annual watchdog report. VA’s Office of Inspector General found that Veterans Health Administration facilities reported more than 4,400 severe staffing shortages so far in fiscal year 2025 — a 50% increase compared to the previous year. At least 20% of VHA facilities surveyed by the inspector general’s office reported severe staffing short…