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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/nurses-condemn-nhs-staffing-levels.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Poll of nurses found 83 per cent believe poor staffing compromises patient safety" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-nurses-condemn-nhs-staffing-levels.jpg" alt="Poll of nurses found 83 per cent believe poor staffing compromises patient safety"/></a></p>
<p>Fewer than one in 10 nurses believe there is adequate staffing on NHS wards to deliver good-quality care, according to a poll.</p>
<p>The survey, of more than 1,900 nurses for the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), found 83% believe poor staffing compromises patient safety.</p>
<p>Just 7% of nurses said there are enough staff to care for patients properly, 80% think there are not and 13% are unsure.</p>
<p>Nurses also told the union they were coming under mounting pressure in the face of cuts, with posts left unfilled and recruitment freezes. There are fears that care may be &#8220;dumbed down&#8221; as a result of not having the right number and balance of staff.</p>
<p>The RCN is collating figures on the number of job losses at NHS trusts across England. </p>
<p>At the last count, 27,000 jobs had been earmarked for cuts. This includes redundancies, posts not being filled when staff retire or leave, and a diluting of the skill mix (balance of fully qualified staff with less-qualified assistants).</p>
<p>Of those questioned in the survey, 46% said that there had been unfilled vacancies in their workplace for more than six months, while 40% said there was currently a recruitment freeze.</p>
<p>Dr Peter Carter, chief executive of the RCN, said the Government&#8217;s reforms of the NHS and the drive to find £15 to £20 billion annually in &#8220;efficiency savings&#8221; added to the pressure.</p>
<p>&#8220;The results of our survey act as a reality check for those saying that cuts aren&#8217;t biting in the NHS,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It is deeply worrying that some nurses are telling us that they do not have enough staff to deliver quality care and that safety could be compromised.&#8221;</p>
<p>A Department of Health spokesman said: &#8220;The NHS must still find efficiency savings but we have been clear that every penny saved &#8211; including a 45% reduction in management costs &#8211; will be reinvested to support front line services and improve quality.&#8221;</p>
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