Thursday 27 April 2017

Children's hospital units forced to close to new patients due to staff shortages

Children's hospital units forced to close to new patients due to staff shortages Lack of paediatric doctors and nurses across the UK also means care children receive is at risk, says the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health

Hospital units that treat children and very sick babies are having to shut their doors temporarily to new patients because they are “dangerously” short of specialist staff, a new report reveals.

Widespread shortages of paediatric doctors and nurses also means that the care children receive is being put at risk, according to the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. Continue reading The Guardian

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