Moving and handling – and staying safe under pressure
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Moving and handling – and staying safe under pressure

Erin Dean Health journalist

How to reduce risk of musculoskeletal injury to you and your patients, especially when short-staffing makes compliance with best practice easier said than done

The NHS in England paid out more than £57million in the span of a decade to end claims relating to injuries to staff and patients as a result of moving and handling.

Nursing Standard. 38, 5, 19-22. doi: 10.7748/ns.38.5.19.s11

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