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James Buchan Research Fellow

James Buchan looks at facts and figures behind special duty payments

The health service is a 24 hours-a-day, seven days-a-week, 365 days-a-year industry. Caring for, and treating patients and clients requires that the NHS be open all hours, because some care and treatment can neither be planned or postponed (eg accident and emergency) and other care and treatment is continuous (eg intensive care)

Nursing Standard. 4, 24, 46-46. doi: 10.7748/ns.4.24.46.s49

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