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Vivienne Aitken

Five Queen Elizabeth University Hospital wards left with single nurse amid staffing shortage

Five wards at Glasgow's biggest hospital were forced to operate with just a single registered nurse on duty this week.

A shortage of staff on Monday evening at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital affected wards including gastroenterology, rheumatology, and diabetes.

NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde Health Board wrote to staff asking them to “continue to support the nurse teams and where possible check in more frequently on the following wards … who will only have 1 Registered Nurse tonight", reports the Daily Record.

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