Safe and sustainable staffing
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Safe and sustainable staffing

Petra Kendall-Raynor Freelance health writer

Essential facts

In September, the RCN published a survey of 30,000 UK nurses, of whom 55% said shifts did not have the planned level of nursing staff, while 53% warned that staff shortages were compromising care.

Emergency Nurse. 25, 8, 13-13. doi: 10.7748/en.25.8.13.s12

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