Edict that patients should be assessed twice a day cannot be fulfilled due to staff shortages,say hospital chiefsHospital bosses possess ridiculed a new edict from the NHS which insists every inpatient should be medically assessed each morning and evening by a senior doctor.
They claim the order is “impossible” to fulfil because so many hospitals are struggling to fill medical rotas because of widespread shortages of doctors, which are as tall as 25% in some places.
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Source: guardian.co.uk