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Wales adopts safe staffing laws while the rest of the UK watches

Erin Dean
Posted 15 March 2018 - 10:30

A law requiring health boards to provide sufficient numbers of nurses in medical and surgical wards will soon take effect in Wales, and Scotland is planning to follow suit, but there is no indication that England and Northern Ireland will have similar legislation

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