Safe Staffing

Inpatient feedback highlights gulf in trust performance

Inadequate nurse staffing and delayed discharges are among the problems highlighted in the CQC’s annual hospital survey

Inadequate nurse staffing and delayed discharges are among the problems highlighted in the CQC’s annual hospital survey.

Abstract

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published the results of its 12th annual hospital inpatient survey, revealing little improvement in the way patients rate the care they receive.

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First published in print in Nursing Standard: 3 June 2015, volume 29, issue 40.

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