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Petition update, 31 October 2007

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A growing body of research evidence shows that increases in the number of patients cared for by each nurse leads to increases in hospital-acquired infections, pressure ulcers, malnutritition, dehydration and patient mortality. This also leads to increased levels of stress, demoralisation and "burn-out" among nurses.

We therefore feel it is vital to tackle the understaffing of hospital wards. The government should set statutory minimum nurse:patient ratios, with penalties for NHS Trusts that fail to achieve these ratios.

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• Justin Vaughan
• angela coshland-rawlings
• neil johnson
• Richard Cooper
• Sunay Sidron-Hord
• Sarah Grocott
• Alison Pywell
• Mark Spedding
• Jim Callaghan
• Emma Green
• Elizabeth Willey
• kirsten euteneuer
• stephanie willey
• Alexandra Cox
• louise jago
• Helen Threlfall
• Irena Rasmussen
• Graeme Francis
• alison harvey
• M.K.H. Murphy
• J A Stewart-Stanley
• keeley collins
• Margaret Mosharrafa
• David Ogley
• Anthony Taylor
• Patricia Leslie
• simon glowotz
• Connie Pretty
• corinne cairns
• Andrew Bogg
• lisa cooke
• clayton pope
• Rhiannon Berry
• Gail Morrow
• Steven Portsmouth
• Amanda Tisdale
• Sally Cooper
• Philippa Blakey
• Bev Sykes
• Alison Wood
• kate hill
• Sharren Carr
• Andrew Tate
• Lindsey Barry
• Corinne Mears
• nikola carr
• Michelle Vickers
• Richard Goodyear
• Stuart Houlihan
• Geoff Furness
• theresa sutcliffe
• Frank Bell
• Daisy Godfrey
• Ciaran Wasson
• Paula Sharrock
• Alanah Proctor
• violet tate
• Fran White
• Derrick Okrah
• Vicki Runyard
• Rebecca Stephenson
• Frederick R Hardie
• Douglas McIntosh
• carrol adal
• Simon Lewis
• Jay Walters
• Matthew Harries
• Laura Willey
• David Taylor
• nicola woolston
• Iain Traynor
• Milena Hardie
• Karen Orange
• Rhian Tyler
• Joel Graham
• Denise Havelock
• Sarah Harte
• Rebecca Brown
• Anna Canning
• Victoria McCorkindale
• R Elvins
• Mawgen Baber
• Dr Andrew Curphey
• Natalie Bradley
• simon mackay
• Jill Rayner
• Sam Taylor
• Aisling Tempany
• Dick King
• S King
• Carly Wood, Student Nurse
• JC
• Lotte Holmes
• Anna Wheeler
• Tom Snow
• helen chipperfield
• Evelyn Mc.Devitt
• Natalie Wilson
• Mark Wilson
• p.coughlin
• Brian Kellett
• Donna Wharton
• Naomi Hart
• Barbara Shout
• Dawn Traynor
• David Waldock
• Jane Berry
• Alix Campbell
• Charlotte Hammond
• Lee Archer
• florence walsh
• Martin Hewitt
• Joanna Heal
• Hugh Macdonald
• Iain Millar
• P G Bradley
• Margaret Darroch
• Alison Adams
• sam Armstrong
• Frank Collier
• Mandy McGrady
• Tom Burgess
• Carl Clare
• Christopher Hawes
• thom beckett
• Martin Gill
• Nathan Silveston
• Stephanie Mayo
• Alex Taylor
• Val Willcox
• Adrian Turner
• Caroline Williams
• Gordon McLean
• Helen Inglis
• Melanie Toombs
• Madeleine Pearce
• tracey carter
• John Styles
• Tim Campbell
• Andrew France
• Sekyi, Eric Anim
• Jeremy Lowe
• Jo Charman
• Trevor Toombs
• Lynn Spencer
• Mike Dawson
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• Christine O'Dell
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• chris fraser
• Peter Bagnall
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• teresa ralph
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• patrick kelly
• Lisa Ward
• BRIAN MCGAW
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• Christine Scantlebury
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• Heidi Linda
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• Laurel Rutledge
• Nicholas Murphy
• David Wynne
• Cassia Bing-Ho Curran
• Huw Jones
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• Clare Hooper
• Kyle Glenister
• georgie woollard
• Simi S
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• James White
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• Ruth Hodges
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• Dave Collins
• Liz Jones
• Shah Mizanur Rahman
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• D Holden
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• Petra Corte-Massey
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• simon eddy
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• Rhian Mitchell
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• charlotte jenkinson
• Rebecca Stockdale
• Samantha Knight
• Deborah Dermody
• Allison Pell
• Jeffrey Standen
• Mariebeth Kilbride
• Lauren Dickens
• Emma Craig
• A D Broadbent
• Edith Beamish
• Neil Hook
• Anne Broadbent
• Lucy Emily Richardson
• Liam Shields
• Jason Scates
• Peter Murphy
• Julia Thomas
• Graham Egerton
• Duncan Blair
• Andrew Pullin
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• Saira Roper
• Ai Lyn Haysom
• sarah archer
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• Teresa Campbell
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• Alan Pearson
• Elaine Collins
• Steve Gillen
• Rhian Sneade
• Chaundra Crouch
• Pete Jewell
• Daniel Tagg
• Jennifer green
• Kathryn Cawte
• Graham O'Mara
• D. Trevor
• Claire Turner
• paul holton
• Teresa Standen
• Maggie Lewis
• James Ronald Bell
• Tony Smith-Crallan
• Phil Waring
• Carolyn Laithwaite VN NLP
• pauline davies
• Sarah Farr
• Daniel Mourton
• Beryl Lyn
• caroline buckland
• Claire Knight
• Jamie Storey
• Nikki Williams
• gary brennan
• Sarah Evans
• Paula Fryer
• cassandra gramozi
• Matt parry
• Fiona Soans
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• Fleurdeliz Carville
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• Lorraine Morton
• Matt Ranson
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• Jennifer Mason
• Daven Cassidy
• Clare Tanner
• Mark Le Poidevin
• Jenny Bamforth
• Sarah Franklin
• Emma Royston
• Holly Brunger
• Freddie Ruddick
• Diane Grant
• Nicki Shearer
• Jacqueline Jacombs
• Justin Campbell
• Edward Saxton
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• Julie Robinson
• Tracey Ross
• Stefan Loye
• Margret Mubaiwa
• Amanda Tyson
• Tom Little
• jo fox
• Karen Tiley
• Robin Allen
• Stacy Harrison
• Sarah Pollard
• rosaline
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• Pippa Langston
• Eric Todd
• Stephen Bailey
• Francine Rump
• lorcan maguire
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• jerym eedy
• David Garrick
• Alicia Dear
• Angela Kennedy
• Luke Waterfield
• Ryan Thompson
• Elizabeth Ferris
• Daniel Watters
• Anna Willis
• Michael Bond
• Mary Cummings
• jane summersgill
• Nicola James
• Alan Sillence
• Grant Murray
• Dave White
• Michael May
• jo thomas
• Sylvia Joyce
• Margaret Wallace
• eileen hogg
• Alex Borrington
• Helen Mandzij
• Chris Morgan
• Kathryn Penn
• Julian Nicholls
• Emily Healey
• Mark Brown
• bethan roper
• Andrew Sylvester
• Ann Green
• Andy Duffell
• Diane Lee
• lauren cooper
• Scott Houston
• Carole Fraser
• Andrew Gardner
• Margaret Forster
• Mandy Tate
• Mandy Baker
• Nikki Hawthorne
• rhiannon goodfield
• Dr. Alex. E. Hamilton
• Helen Copperwheat
• Jane Hanscomb
• tracy clark
• don carter
• Jo Corsar
• Martyn Walsh
• Diana Humphris
• Gerald Baxter
• Carla Hickey
• Chris Ward
• Suzan Bewley
• dwayne wyatt
• Alice Mary Cuff
• A Cooke
• Alastair Lynn
• Penny Hamilton
• Rosemary clancy
• Lisa Chapman
• Keely Taylor
• Helen Payne
• robert joyce
• lesley mahoney
• Catherine Parker
• becky romain
• Rebecca Swaine
• Richard Hayler
• Louisa Allen
• Alison Charters
• Dr Z Barron
• Susan Kirkhouse
• Gracy De Souza
• Tom Hamilton
• Joanna Fellowes
• lynne arrol
• tracey goldsbrough
• Brigtte Colwell
• Joanne
• Florence Walker
• Lesley-Anne Mackey
• Helena Bowles (ex RGN)
• Paula Allen
• Joanne Simpson
• Margaret Watson
• Sarah Thomas
• Martin McCallion
• jane henderson
• Lise Madden
• Rebecca Humfrey
• Helen Scott
• Mark Dryden
• Samantha Allman
• Michael Railton
• Louise Gibson
• Ged Manning
• Laura Morris
• Mandy Haines
• James Kael
• Dr. T SUNLEY
• Lorna Lees
• Emm aFovargue
• Graeme Gentry
• Helen Finlayson
• Kayleigh Mills
• Jan Ricafort
• laura whitby
• Albert Mislang
• Luisito Mogol
• Timothy Key
• ronald cortez
• Yunus Patel
• melvin abiog
• Ben Granier
• Rommel Calampinay
• Ruth Thompson
• Hannah Goreing

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