Issue 10 of Health Policy Matters is now available from the Health
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David McDaid
LSE Health and Social Care
Nursing Challenges: are changes in the nursing role and skill mix improving patient care?
Annette Lankshear, Trevor Sheldon, Alan Maynard, Karen Smith
Department of Health Sciences, University of York
Health Policy Matters Issue 10 July 2005
http://www.york.ac.uk/healthsciences/pubs/Hpm10.pdf
National and local health policy is leading to significant changes in the skill mix of the health care workforce. Nurses are substituting for doctors, less qualified staff are substituting for registered nurses. Without a firm evidence base, these policy changes are little more than a large social experiment with poor evaluation of its risks, costs and benefits. This is one of the conclusions of this latest issue of Health Policy Matters, which has been published in conjunction with the Dr Foster Ethics Committee. The paper highlights the need for further research.
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