Learn: Safe staffing levels

On Call: Once more around the doom loop (HSJ, 17 September 2026)

Fri, 25 Sep 2026 13:02:02 +0000

In short supply. Estimating the shortfall of registered nurses in the NHS in England (RCN, 22 September 2026)

Wed, 23 Sep 2026 06:02:01 +0000

Nuffield Trust: How staff joined the NHS under the 50,000 nurses programme – and why they left (4 April 2026)

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:38:01 +0000

Eliminating hospital nurse understaffing is a cost-effective patient safety intervention (8 June 2025)

Thu, 26 Jun 2025 06:01:02 +0000

Cost-effectiveness of eliminating hospital understaffing by nursing staff: a retrospective longitudinal study and economic evaluation (29 April 2025)

Fri, 23 May 2025 12:10:01 +0000

RCN: Registered nurse staffing levels for patient safety, care quality and cost effectiveness (7 May 2025)

Fri, 23 May 2025 11:50:01 +0000

Royal College of Nursing: Registered nurse staffing levels for patient safety, care quality and cost effectiveness (7 May 2025)

Fri, 16 May 2025 09:01:02 +0000

BMJ Editorial: Staff retention and mortality (20 November 2024)

Thu, 21 Nov 2024 10:03:14 +0000

Nurse understaffing associated with adverse outcomes for surgical admissions (24 September 2024)

Tue, 24 Sep 2024 11:48:00 +0000

Nursing team composition and mortality following acute hospital admission (19 August 2024)

Thu, 29 Aug 2024 08:08:01 +0000

Redeployment: A patient safety issue (11 February 2024)

Wed, 14 Feb 2024 17:38:00 +0000

London Eye: Patient harm? ‘Definitely’

Tue, 06 Feb 2024 09:58:04 +0000

APIC staffing calculator

Mon, 15 Jan 2024 16:05:49 +0000

National Nurses United: National safe staffing ratios

Wed, 10 Jan 2024 17:24:00 +0000

Community Hospitals Association: Resource pack on safer staffing (13 October 2023)

Mon, 16 Oct 2023 12:15:00 +0000

Why occupational health should be universally accessible (6 June 2023)

Tue, 04 Jul 2023 12:17:30 +0000

The mythbuster: Calls for more NHS staff are often misleading and dangerous

Mon, 05 Jun 2023 13:04:00 +0000

Nurse staffing levels and patient outcomes: A systematic review of longitudinal studies (October 2022)

Fri, 19 May 2023 16:48:44 +0000

Nurse staffing and patient safety in acute hospitals: Cassandra calls again? (6 December 2022)

Fri, 12 May 2023 14:26:44 +0000

The impact of adding assistants in nursing to acute care hospital ward nurse staffing on adverse patient outcomes: An analysis of administrative health data (November 2016)

Fri, 12 May 2023 15:47:46 +0000

Staffing on wards: Making decisions about healthcare staffing (16 March 2019)

Fri, 05 May 2023 13:13:53 +0000

Determining acute nurse staffing: a hermeneutic review of an evolving science (30 March 2019)

Tue, 11 Apr 2023 13:33:28 +0000

Recover to rebuild: Investing in the nursing workforce for health system effectiveness (International Council of Nurses, March 2023)

Wed, 29 Mar 2023 15:22:15 +0000

Roy Lilley eLetter - Helpless (12 December 2022)

Tue, 13 Dec 2022 10:29:16 +0000

RCN - Striking a balance: patient safety during industrial action (20 July 2022)

Thu, 06 Oct 2022 12:51:24 +0000