title: Using unregistered staff may cut costs but more patients will die.
abstract: Doreen Crawford is justified in raising the alarm about the danger of a nursing underclass re-emerging (letters November 18).
authors.affiliation: Cambridge.
authors.forename: Jenny
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hunt
mesh_terms: D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D006801:Humans; D009026:Mortality; D009726:Nurses; D009728:Nursing Assistants / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D061214:Patient Safety; D006113:United Kingdom