How to move and handle patients safely: With musculoskeletal injury rates so high, moving and handling patients requires skill and expertise, here are some tips on how to prevent injury and avoid pain.

Over the span of a decade the NHS in England has paid more than £57million to end claims relating to injuries to staff and patients as a result of moving and handling. NHS Resolution, which handles negligence claims against NHS organisations, settled cases involving more than 2,000 staff and patient...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Learning Disability Practice Vol. 26; no. 2; pp. 6 - 8
Main Author: Dean, Erin
Format: pictorial Journal Article
Published: Royal College of Nursing of the United Kingdom (The) 4/6/2023
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost