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May 7, 2026Mental Health Practice

Never events: nurses alone at night in high-security wards

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Key Points

The aim is to assess the safety implications of nurses working alone during night shifts in a high-security setting.
Data collected from board papers regarding night shift staffing levels.
Analysis of incidents reported when nurses worked alone at night.
Nurses were left alone on night shifts nearly 200 times last year.
High-risk situations arose multiple times due to inadequate staffing.

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Highlights safety concerns for nurses alone on night shifts in high-security psychiatric wards, indicating risk.

Abstract

Nurses at a high-security psychiatric hospital were left alone on night shifts nearly 200 times last year, board papers reveal

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Alison Stacey (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69fecf71b9154b0b828766f5 https://doi.org/10.7748/mhp.29.3.6.s2

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