Pioneering safe staffing whistleblower nurse dies aged 91: c/o RCNi

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Graham Pink at his home in Manchester in January 2008 Picture: Neil O'Connor courage : compassion : values : commitment : leadership

"A nurse who was among the first in the UK to blow the whistle on safe staffing issues has died aged 91. Graham Pink first raised concerns about poor staffing and the dangers to patients when he worked at Stepping Hill Hospital in Greater Manchester in 1990. His four-year campaign to highlight inadequate staffing levels made a lasting impression on the nursing profession. Mr Pink died on 6 March in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Nurses caring for him remembered his safe staffing campaign Speaking to Nursing Standard about his final months, his niece and carer Sarah Pink said: ‘Barnsley Hospital gave him a lot of care and attention and treated him with a huge amount of respect. There were nurses caring for him who said they knew him from what he did and how he stood up for the NHS back then. One sister said it was an honour to meet him and take care of him.’"

HRH The Duke of Edinburgh RIP

https://www.rcn.org.uk/employment-and-pay/safe-staffing

My source: RCNi via twitter: 

https://twitter.com/rogerkline/status/1380398894740348929?s=20