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No time for silence: nurses’ duty to speak up about patient abuse
Allegations of mistreatment at the Edenfield Centre following a BBC investigation remind us of the responsibility all nurses have to raise and escalate concerns
Lawrence Whyte
Posted 05 October 2022 - 11:05
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