How to avoid pain and injury when moving and handling patients: With musculoskeletal injury rates high, safe movement and handling is essential to protect the health of nurses and improve patient safety.

Over the span of a decade the NHS in England has out paid more than £57million to end claims relating to injuries to staff and patients as a result of moving and handling.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Learning Disability Practice Vol. 27; no. 6; pp. 6 - 9
Main Author: Dean, Erin
Format: pictorial Journal Article
Published: Royal College of Nursing of the United Kingdom (The) Dec2024
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
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Summary:Over the span of a decade the NHS in England has out paid more than £57million to end claims relating to injuries to staff and patients as a result of moving and handling.