title: Safe staffing sidestep makes the task harder.
abstract: Of all the issues that concerned Nursing Standard readers in the run up to the general election, two stood head and shoulders above the others. Pay, which will always feature prominently in such surveys, and safe staffing levels.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000592:standards* / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D061214:Patient Safety / Q000592:standards*; D006113:United Kingdom