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Janice Phillips reviewed the effectiveness of the risk management systems in an acute forensic admissions ward. Ironically, what she found was that the use of special nursing observations – as well as being costly – did more harm than good
Risk assessment and risk management have been on the government’s agenda since the beginning of the 1990s in its attempt to promote quality and safety in the NHS (
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