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A new NHS patient rating system is to be introduced to help improve nursing care in England, the government says.
From April 2013 patients will be asked if they would recommend the hospital they were treated in to friends and family - with the results made public.
It is the first recommendation the government has accepted from its Nursing Quality Care Forum.
But there was no commitment on a host of other recommendations, including a call to review staffing levels.
Concerns have been raised about staffing levels in recent months after 2011 data showed the number of nurses employed by the NHS had fallen by 3,500 - 1% of the total - in a year.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18198383
From April 2013 patients will be asked if they would recommend the hospital they were treated in to friends and family - with the results made public.
It is the first recommendation the government has accepted from its Nursing Quality Care Forum.
But there was no commitment on a host of other recommendations, including a call to review staffing levels.
Concerns have been raised about staffing levels in recent months after 2011 data showed the number of nurses employed by the NHS had fallen by 3,500 - 1% of the total - in a year.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18198383