Tuesday 23 June 2015

End of NHS safe-staffing guidelines 'risks another Mid Staffs scandal'

End of NHS safe-staffing guidelines 'risks another Mid Staffs scandal' Nursing union head Peter Carter urges health secretary and NHS England chief to revisit decision to halt regulator’s work on staff-patient ratios

The NHS regulator’s decision to scrap work on safe-staffing guidelines risks another Mid Staffs scandal in the health service, the head of the nurses’ union has warned.

Earlier, this month, the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) unexpectedly announced it would no longer attempt to set out how many nurses were needed in different parts of hospitals to ensure safe patient care. Continue reading... The Guardian

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