Cuts to nurses on wards is "directly linked" to higher patient death rates, claims a study of 300 hospitals in England and 8 other EU nations. Every extra patient added to a nurse's workload increases the risk of death within a month of surgery by 7%
The Government will not introduce a legal minimum for the number of nurses working on hospital wards because staff requirements were a "different number for different wards", Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said.
A major study has found a direct link between nursing cutbacks and higher patient death rates.
Mr Hunt said forcing hospitals to publish monthly data on ward staffing would be a "huge step" forward.
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