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Nursing cutbacks 'linked to rise in patient death rates'

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%

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Nurses 'have their work cut out' by low staff levels

English nurses who work on understaffed wards "have got their work cut out" for them, Daybreak's health editor Dr Hilary Jones explained.

He explained the uphill battle faced by nurses and the need for more would-be nurses to gain a degree:

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