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Amelia Palmer

'Paperwork Over Care' Former Mental Health Nurse's Testimony Raises New Questions About Therapeutic Engagement On Psychiatric Wards

A former National Health Service (NHS) mental health nurse alleged that some hospital wards prioritized paperwork over patient care.

Appearing before the ongoing Lampard Inquiry in London, former registered mental health nurse Stuart Ayris said staff apathy on some inpatient psychiatric wards in Essex was "astonishing" and described a culture in which some clinicians spent more time behind closed office doors than engaging with patients.

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