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Readers’ panel: Are healthcare assistants providing ‘nursing on the cheap’?
A Unison survey of almost 2,300 UK healthcare assistants found that many are doing the jobs of nurses without the equivalent pay or education – 39% said they had not received training to provide the care expected of them, such as looking after patients with dementia. Nursing Standard’s readers’ panellists have their say
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