Mandated approaches and minimum staffing ratios acknowledge and attempt to solve this long-term problem, while England’s lack of a system-wide mechanism leaves nursing exposed
Whatever the outcome of the nursing strikes in England, one thing is for sure. Irrespective of how the industrial action and pay dispute conclude, the need for a solution to the pernicious, long-term problem of NHS nurse shortages and understaffing remains.
Nursing Standard. 38, 6, 11-11. doi: 10.7748/ns.38.6.11.s7
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