More evidence of the impact of budgetary pressures & poor workforce planning in the NHS on the health of patients.

[chrismayla6@zirk.us]

More evidence of the impact of budgetary pressures & poor workforce planning in the NHS on the health of patients.

Advanced practitioners (mostly nurses) are a valuable & important element of the health service but thrusting them into situations for which their training & skills may be insufficient via 'doctor substitution' is dangerous for patients & also abusive of those staff expected to 'act up' into doctors' roles.

This is not a good way to proceed!

#health #NHS

Safety fears as UK hospitals use nurses to cover for doctors due to shortage of medics

Exclusive: Advanced practitioners are being deployed to cover doctor rota gaps across the NHS, figures show

the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

[christineburns@mastodon.green]

@ChrisMayLA6 And are the cleaning staff expected to ‘act up’ to backfill the nurses who are backfilling the doctors?

[chrismayla6@zirk.us]

@christineburns

ha ha, yes there might well be a cascade as people 'act up'.... but I'm sure Wes has a technology that will solve the problem /s

[wifiwits@infosec.exchange]

@ChrisMayLA6 @christineburns look we need someone to fly this plane… anyone watched someone else play Microsoft flightsim and want to have a go?