North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust

Tripling in support workers substituting for nurses shows practice is ‘the new normal’

By 2019-08-30T11:49:00

Nurses

The number of registered nursing shifts being covered by less qualified support workers at an “outstanding” mental health trust has tripled since 2016.

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