Safe staff levels should apply to NHS and care sector Safe staffing levels should be extended beyond nurse numbers in England to include midwives and doctors, especially in A&E units, MPs say. The Health Select Committee also suggested breaches should automatically trigger inspections by the regulator. Currently ministers have ordered only nurse staffing levels to be routinely monitored and published. The system - ordered in response to the Stafford Hospital scandal - comes into place in April. But the cross-party group of MPs said there was no reason why it should not be extended across the NHS and social care systems. Committee chairman Stephen Dorrell said: This should be applied across the delivery of health and care - doctors, midwives, practice nurses and social workers. Part of the difficulty in A&E is driven by the fact there are not enough doctors of all levels. bbc.co.uk/news/health-25834359
Posted on: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 10:37:43 +0000
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