The hospital said the nurses were needed for additional winter capacity.

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Britain risks running out of energy generating capacity in the winter of 2015-16, according to the energy regulator Ofgem.

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Earlier this month, the energy regulator Ofgem warned that the UK risks running out of energy generating capacity in the winter of 2015-16.

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The increase in capacity for the winter will see 500 additional nursing staff and 35 extra medical staff across the NHS in Scotland.

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Stock building, the concentration of new capacity additions to fourth quarter 2012 and an unusually cold winter likely helped push up refinery runs.

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In Q4, gas prices rose by around 10% due to winter demand and rising demand from electric utility companies, which have been transitioning capacity away from coal towards natural gas.

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Denmark's economy is operating at close to capacity, and there are fears that Sweden's unions will demand inflationary pay rises in this winter's round of collective bargaining.

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