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Monday, 25 July 2022

Persistent understaffing of NHS a serious risk to patient safety, warn MPs

Persistent understaffing of NHS a serious risk to patient safety, warn MPs The NHS and social care face the greatest workforce crisis in their history, compounded by the absence of a credible government strategy to tackle the situation, say MPs in a new report. In the NHS, persistent understaffing poses a serious risk to staff and patient safety in routine and emergency care.

See also:
  • Health workforce report illustrates staffing emergency and dire consequences for staff and patients BMA
  • Expert report exposes urgent need for government to sort NHS staff shortages NHS Providers
  • Failure to adequately plan for workforce putting patient care at risk Nuffield Trust
  • Government must act now and invest in England’s NHS maternity services and staff says the RCM as ‘crisis’ looms Royal College of Midwives
  • RCN responds to Health and Social Care Committee's report on the health and care workforce Royal College of Nursing
  • NHS in England facing worst staffing crisis, MPs warn BBC News
  • Worst NHS staffing crisis in its history is putting patients at serious risk, MPs warn The Guardian
  • ‘Persistent’ NHS understaffing ‘poses serious risk to staff and patient safety’ The Independent
  • NHS faces 'greatest workforce crisis' in history - putting safety at 'serious risk', MPs say Sky News
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