title: NICE decision to suspend work on safe staffing is a 'backward step'.
abstract: Nursing leaders have reacted with dismay to the decision by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to shelve work on safe staffing guidance.
authors.forename: Cathy
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Comerford
mesh_terms: D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000592:standards* / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D061214:Patient Safety / Q000592:standards*; D006113:United Kingdom