Makin Andrew
Registered Nursing Home Association.
Nurs Stand. 2010 Mar 3;24(26):33. doi: 10.7748/ns.24.26.33.s45.
The Francis report into the failings at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust makes for shocking reading. It is clear that there was a failure of management and nursing involving a culture shift, rather than simply a lack of resources. There was a lack of compassion and of basic nursing responsibilities that had nothing to do with understaffing.