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NICE staffing guidance warns of harm risk in nursing ratio

By 2014-05-12T05:00:00

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Hospitals employing staff ratios of more than eight patients per nurse on a “regular basis” can increase the risk of harm in adult hospital wards, draft government-backed guidelines show.

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