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	Podcast:		5 live Investigates
	Episode:		Hospital staff shortages
	Category:		Business
	Duration:		00:50:14
	Publish Date:		2013-09-08 07:02:00
	Description:		One in 10 A+E posts is vacant - does an over reliance on agency staff risk patient safety? The pressure group Patients First says it does. Also, staffing shortages are having an impact on other high-pressured medical environments - maternity and neo-natal units. The Royal College of Midwives says there is a shortage of 5,000 midwives. Also, baby care units struggle to maintain recommended minimum levels of staffing.
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