Workforce and Patient Safety.

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Workforce and Patient Safety.

April 24, 2024

Dorset, UK: Health Services Safety Investigations Body; 2024.

The complex health care work environment creates conditions that detract from staff ability to provide safe care. This collection of reports to be developed and distributed over the course of 2024 will cover workforce challenges that can affect the safety of patients and provide recommendations for improvement. The first report in the series, which focuses on temporary staff involvement in patient safety investigations, is now available.

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Report 1: Temporary staff involvement in patient safety investigations:

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