Putting patients first
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Putting patients first

It may be a coincidence that the prime minister’s nursing commission issued its recommendations just days after Robert Francis published his verdict into why hundreds of patients died unnecessarily at Stafford Hospital. However, the publication of two high-profile reports on the state of nursing in such quick succession could hardly be more timely.

Nursing Standard. 24, 26, 1-1. doi: 10.7748/ns.24.26.1.s1

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