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Nurses working with outside partners: how to improve services
Working with ambulance and fire services helps a Bedfordshire nursing team respond to patient falls in a timely way – and there are many other benefits too

Working with ambulance and fire services can support nurses in responding to patient falls in a timely way – and there are many other benefits
Falling is a cause of distress, pain, injury, loss of confidence, loss of independence and mortality – negatively affecting patients, families and carers – and is estimated to cost the NHS more than £2.3 billion a year .
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