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23
Jan 2014

Safe staffing levels should be extended beyond nursing

MPs say that safe levels of staff ‘should apply to NHS and care sector’ and extended in England beyond numbers of nurses to include doctors and midwives, particularly in Accident & Emergency units, with breaches automatically triggering inspections. The system, which has been generated following the scandal at the Stafford Hospital, will come into force…

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23
Jan 2014

NHS staff morale approaching all-time low

Leading health experts have warned that low staff morale may be affecting care being provided to patients. A combination of government-led criticism of the National Health Service since the Mid-Staffordshire crisis and budget cuts has led to staff morale being so reduced that standards of care are now at risk. NHS staff are now so…

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