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Significant staffing changes are being implemented at Perth Royal Infirmary after nursing staff raised concerns over patient safety and care, The Courier can reveal.
The measures will be brought into place following a meeting between senior nursing management and ward staff at the hospital.
A series of issues were raised by those involved in direct patient care, with some claiming that understaffing has compromised the service they provide.
Nursing staff nonetheless felt moved to write an emotive open letter, which was sent to NHS Tayside chairman Gerry Marr, the Royal College of Nursing and local councillors.
http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/lo...raise-concerns-about-pri-patient-care-1.76863
The measures will be brought into place following a meeting between senior nursing management and ward staff at the hospital.
A series of issues were raised by those involved in direct patient care, with some claiming that understaffing has compromised the service they provide.
Nursing staff nonetheless felt moved to write an emotive open letter, which was sent to NHS Tayside chairman Gerry Marr, the Royal College of Nursing and local councillors.
http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/lo...raise-concerns-about-pri-patient-care-1.76863