Consequences of failures in care and low staffing levels

Safe staffing levels:

is only one of the issues that can lead to poor quality care

staffing levels need to be considered as part of the wider context of issues

potential for mandating staffing levels through regulation

The Francis Inquiry report – explicit recommendations on staffing levels likely

RCN’s Frontline First campaign – including solutions and innovation

Frontline First empowers UK nursing staff to speak out against budget cuts that impact on patient care, expose where they see waste in the system and champion nurse-led innovations – www.rcn.org.uk/frontlinefirst

Innovation is also a solution to low staffing levels

RCN safe staffing levels publications

More information available at www.rcn.org.uk