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In 1941 Ernest Brown, presented the House of Commons with the general principles on which the government proposed to base its post war hospital policy.  He was organising surveys of hospital services in England and Wales, which in the event took 4/5 years to complete.

All undergraduate curricula must have a core consisting of the essential knowledge, skills and attitudes which students must have by the time they graduate. These enable students to develop self-directed learning and become familiar with research and presentation skills.  

Can it be used by nurses to determine whether staffing levels are safe on their wards?

There is lack of clarity in the terminology used, and the difference between ‘holding’ and ‘restraint’. This presents a legal and professional dilemma for nurses.

Ian Philp of the South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust examines a model of integrated car which has seen reduced admissions of older people for acute hospital care and a significant fall in deaths of older people in hospital.