Crisis risks ‘another Mid Staffs’
THE nurse staffing crisis has left the NHS on the brink of another Mid Staffs scandal, the profession has warned.
Janet Davies of the Royal College of Nursing said: “It’s what happened in Mid Staffs. There had been nurses saying staffing levels were too low… They’re risking it again.”
She said the RCN’s national day of action tomorrow is a “final warning” to ministers.
She told of a “shockwave” after Theresa May, on BBC1’s Question Time, told a nurse worried about low pay that there is “no magic money tree”. Ms Davies called it “insulting”.