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Staff morale in England?s NHS is approaching an all-time low and may be affecting the care that doctors and nurses are providing their patients, leading health experts have warned.
The combination of budget cuts and government-led criticism of the service since the Mid Staffordshire scandal has left frontline staff feeling so demoralised that standards of care are at risk.
Declining staff morale is now the factor of greatest concern to hospital financial directors, according to a report by the King?s Fund health think-tank.
The study also found that one NHS hospital in five now expects to be in deficit by the end of the financial year. Professor John Appleby, chief economist at the King?s Fund, told The Independent that there was a known link between staff morale and the quality of care, and called the findings ?very worrying?. ?You?ve got politicians saying there are problems with the NHS,? he said. ?I think there has been a feeling from NHS staff that they?ve had a bit of bashing.?
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...-new-low-after-coalition-bashing-9075793.html
The combination of budget cuts and government-led criticism of the service since the Mid Staffordshire scandal has left frontline staff feeling so demoralised that standards of care are at risk.
Declining staff morale is now the factor of greatest concern to hospital financial directors, according to a report by the King?s Fund health think-tank.
The study also found that one NHS hospital in five now expects to be in deficit by the end of the financial year. Professor John Appleby, chief economist at the King?s Fund, told The Independent that there was a known link between staff morale and the quality of care, and called the findings ?very worrying?. ?You?ve got politicians saying there are problems with the NHS,? he said. ?I think there has been a feeling from NHS staff that they?ve had a bit of bashing.?
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...-new-low-after-coalition-bashing-9075793.html