Susan Osborne
Safe staffing: five years on from the Francis report what has changed?
With nurses struggling to provide safe care, UK-wide staffing laws can’t come soon enough
Susan Osborne: Whimsical workforce guidance won’t help create a safer NHS
Guidance has belatedly been published on safe nurse staffing levels in five new healthcare settings, but the sanitised documents are silent on the real requirement for a workforce that is safe and fit for practice, says Susan Osborne
Susan Osborne: Why do some nurses fail to meet the basic needs of patients?
A stay in hospital as an inpatient left Safe Staffing Alliance chair Susan Osborne feeling isolated and insecure when her basic needs such as comfort and hydration were not met
Susan Osborne: Safe nurse staffing ratios must be mandated across the globe
Staff shortages and cuts to nurse leadership are worldwide problems for the nursing profession. We must work with our international colleagues to ensure staffing levels are safe and that nursing has a place on the global stage, says Susan Osborne.
Susan Osborne: 2020 too late to solve nurse staffing crisis
The government’s pledge to fund an extra 10,000 training places is all well and good but those nurses are needed now, not in 2020, says safe staffing expert Susan Osborne.
Susan Osborne: The government must listen to global advice and invest in the NHS
With 40,000 registered nurse vacancies in England, the government must stop the cuts and start investing in the NHS as a matter of urgency, says safe staffing expert Susan Osborne.
Susan Osborne: Strike or resign en masse - it's time for nurses to get tough
If nurses can't support their trade union over strike action they should resign en masse, like nurses in California in the 1990s.
Susan Osborne: unsafe staffing is putting patients at risk of harm
With reports showing unsafe staffing levels are contributing to patient harm in the NHS, recruiting and retaining nurses has never been more crucial, says Susan Osborne.
Susan Osborne: Introduce mandated nurse-to-patient ratios before it is too late
At a time when the NHS is facing unprecedented demand, only nationally mandated ratios will determine the number of nurses required to provide safe and effective patient care, says Susan Osborne.
Susan Osborne: Shutting out the press keeps public in the dark about state of the NHS
Making the general public fully aware of the decline of the NHS would force the government to act, says Susan Osborne.
Susan Osborne: let's learn from the prison officer's dispute in our fight for...
It's time to create a social movement and pull together to lobby for safe staffing levels.
Susan Osborne
Focusing only on stabilising financial performance puts patients and nurses at risk, says Susan Osborne