No Cheap substitutes: ‘Training up ‘nurses for doctors’ roles and using healthcare assistants to fill in the gaps is risky, argues Peter Griffiths. (Nursing Standard, 2016 30(42) pp.27)

The Nuffield Trust report on reshaping the healthcare workforce was published last month. Its conclusions were widely reported as a recommendation to ‘train up’ nurses as a solution to junior doctor shortages, with support workers, in turn, substituting for registered nurses.

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