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The article discusses the implications of the results of a nursing workforce survey conducted by "Nursing Standard" magazine and the "Sunday Mirror" newspaper highlighting serious safety and patient care concerns related to nursing in Great Britain. Most of the respondents said they do not have enough staff to provide safe care. According to a nurse in Wales, budget cuts have led to staffing problems which compromise patient safety daily.

The article presents a Nursing Standard-Marie Curie survey which shows that nurses and healthcare assistants in England struggled to provide good quality end of life care due to staffing levels, time constraints, and lack of end of life care community provisions as of 2018. Topics discussed include the comparatively greater strides made in Wales and Scotland, and nurses' difficulties in starting conversations with dying patients. Also noted is the need to train general nurses in this area.

The article reports on a survey by "Nursing Standard" and Marie Curie which found that many nurses and healthcare assistants received no specific training in end of life care. Topics discussed include inexperienced staff and the need for staff to develop their skills and access appropriate training.

What does the British Social Attitudes survey tell us about the NHS? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Facebook posts on the Unison annual staffing poll concerning the state of patient support by nurses are presented.

More than 40 per cent of nurses and midwives have experienced work-related stress over the past 12 months and nearly a third have felt pressured into attending work when unwell, a national survey of NHS staff has revealed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]