Campaign for Legislation on Nurse(Midwife)/ Patient Ratio in English NHS Hospitals
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Campaign for Legislation on Nurse(Midwife)/ Patient Ratio in English NHS Hospitals

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Presently there is no Law requiring Trusts to have a minimum nurse(midwife)/patient ratio in wards in hospitals in England. Therefore is perfectly legal to ask one Qualified nurse to care for 15 or more patients supported by an auxillary in a medical, surgical, geriatric, orthopaedic ward etc (list not comprehensive) Research in England and the USA has shown that wards with lower nurse patient ratios have higher mortality rates ( up to 26% in a English study of 118,572 patients episodes ) In California, USA, a Law was signed in 1999 an implemented in 2004. Ratios have been recently revised and improved. Most observers agree that it has been a success.Similar Laws exist in Australia and Canada. I urge nurses of all types and grades, midwifes, doctors , all hospital staff and public to sign this petition and ask your prospective MP on this vital issue. Milton Pena

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Milton Pena Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon Tameside General Hospital Ashton under lyne

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Prime Minister Comission Future of Nursing and Midwifery Mental Nurse/patient ratio
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