title: Vital statistics.
abstract: Specialist nurses have not yet developed a language to explain all that they do to managers. As a result, their posts are vulnerable when cuts are made. Mathematical modelling could help.
authors.affiliation: University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
authors.forename: Alison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Leary
mesh_terms: D017050:Episode of Care; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000458:organization & administration; D024802:Nurse's Role; D013041:Specialties, Nursing; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom; D000078329:Workforce