After accounting for holidays and unanticipated recruitment difficulties, we expect to be able to recruit 50 participants with suspected TB from each facility within a period of three months.
She acknowledged that there were particular recruitment difficulties in London and the south-east but said she hoped new recruits would come from the armed forces among others.
Every board thinks its recruitment difficulties are unique.
"It is likely that some sectors might therefore suffer significant recruitment difficulties.
"Unemployment is falling, vacancies are rising and firms report high and rising recruitment difficulties.
There is also a lack of qualified language teachers in primary schools because of a lack of money and recruitment difficulties.
About one in seven nurses in the UK was trained abroad and the inflow (particularly from EU countries) has increased in recent years in response to recruitment difficulties.
The Family and Childcare Trust surveyed councils across the country and found they are struggling to meet needs amid a background of growing demand, budget cuts and recruitment difficulties.
Foundation trusts have consistently cited recruitment difficulties, particularly in qualified nursing and medical staff and in accident and emergency, the regulator said.
