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Safely staffed by law

Our campaign for safe and dignified care for every patient

We can鈥檛 allow patient safety to be compromised by a system that undervalues and underfunds nursing.

We need the right number of staff in the right places with the right skills to keep patients safe. We're responsible for the majority of patient care. We assess what patients need, day in, day out. 

And yet, too many of us are forced to care for upwards of 16 patients at a time, and even more in community case loads. This puts overwhelming pressure on us and risks the safety of our patients.

For our health and social care system to be what it should be, it鈥檚 vital that those in power enshrine nurse-to-patient ratios in law, so we're always sufficiently staffed and never forced to compromise. 

Safety is not an optional extra. It should be the standard. Join us to demand better.

Help us fight for safe, dignified care for every patient

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Call out unsafe practices

The treatment of patients in inappropriate areas such as corridors is increasingly common. Nothing about 'corridor care' resembles care. We need your help to put an end to this unsafe practice.

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Enforce high standards

Nursing staffing levels impact patient safety. We can鈥檛 improve one without improving the other. Our Nursing Workforce Standards are a roadmap for designing a workforce that can offer patients the quality of care they deserve.

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Become a campaign supporter

Join us and campaign alongside other passionate nursing staff. Sign up to receive campaign news and opportunities for action. We won't stop until every workplace is safely staffed.

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Change starts with insight

Have you had to deliver care in an inappropriate setting? Are you forever seeing unsafe practices in your workplace?

Your experiences are helping us build a body of evidence to raise the issues affecting you and your patients and service users right now.

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Understand what 'safe' should look like in your workplace

Use our resources to challenge unsafe staffing practices in your workplace. By calling them out, not only are you doing your duty, you're helping to secure a safer future for patients and nursing staff. 

Safe nurse-to-patient ratios in every setting

The evidence is clear. We need staffing levels that protect nursing staff and patient safety.

Patient care is put at unacceptable risk when there are too few nurses to deliver safe care.

It's high time we set limits on the number of patients a nurse can safely care for. That's why we're demanding safety-critical nurse to patient ratios in every health care setting in the UK.

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Full and dignified care: the UK picture

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Full and dignified care starts with properly staffed health care facilities. We've been calling on governments across the UK to demand they address nursing workforce shortages that are risking staff burnout and patient safety.

See our work in each country. 

England

There's currently no law about nurse staffing in England. When a workplace is under-resourced, staff have no option but to continue or leave the profe