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A&E units in England are being given strict guidelines on how many staff they need on duty to provide safe care.
The draft guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence recommends one nurse for every four cubicles.
But it said for major trauma or cardiac arrest patients, there needed to be two nurses for each patient.
And it said numbers needed to be kept above what average demands were to cope with the unpredictable nature of A&Es.
Currently it is up to local hospitals to decide their staffing levels - and unions argue there are not enough on wards.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-30829555
The draft guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence recommends one nurse for every four cubicles.
But it said for major trauma or cardiac arrest patients, there needed to be two nurses for each patient.
And it said numbers needed to be kept above what average demands were to cope with the unpredictable nature of A&Es.
Currently it is up to local hospitals to decide their staffing levels - and unions argue there are not enough on wards.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-30829555