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14/05/2012
Plans To Cut Nursing Posts Will Endanger Patients Safety Claims RCN
Plans to cut nursing posts in Northern Ireland will endanger patients' safety it has been claimed.
The number of district nurses dropped by 8% between March 2010 and March 2011.
Ambitious government plans to move care from acute hospitals to community settings have been branded a "facade" by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN).
Janice Smyth, director of the RCN in Northern Ireland said: "Further plans to cut nursing posts across Northern Ireland will undermine patient safety by artificially and randomly reducing the nursing workforce with no consideration of patient need.
"Feedback from RCN members working in frontline services across Northern Ireland indicates that the current pressures on the system are unsustainable.
"This has most recently been seen through the significant political and media attention focused upon pressures on accident and emergency services."
(CD/GK)
The number of district nurses dropped by 8% between March 2010 and March 2011.
Ambitious government plans to move care from acute hospitals to community settings have been branded a "facade" by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN).
Janice Smyth, director of the RCN in Northern Ireland said: "Further plans to cut nursing posts across Northern Ireland will undermine patient safety by artificially and randomly reducing the nursing workforce with no consideration of patient need.
"Feedback from RCN members working in frontline services across Northern Ireland indicates that the current pressures on the system are unsustainable.
"This has most recently been seen through the significant political and media attention focused upon pressures on accident and emergency services."
(CD/GK)
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