Commenting on the latest report from the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health on the rise in child A+E attendances, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: <\/p>\n
\u201cThis reads as a devastating indictment of our healthcare system. <\/p>\n
\u201cOverworked and understaffed nursing teams in emergency departments, including paediatric ones, are desperate to provide the best care and struggling to deal with the numbers of child patients arriving at their door. Often because of failings elsewhere, patients are being cared for in inappropriate and undignified areas of hospitals and it must stop. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe systemic failure can in part be put down to a lack of long-term investment in the nursing workforce and must be addressed by the government in the upcoming Workforce Plan.<\/p>\n
\u201cGetting it right on community care is just as vital as in the hospital. School nurses and health visitors are critical to keeping children healthy and out of hospitals \u2013 but their numbers have been cut by a third since 2009. Investment in children and young people\u2019s nursing roles is money well spent, helping to prevent illness and also reduce the rising burden on emergency departments.\u201d<\/p>\n
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