Nurses have been ordered to weigh patients to ensure they are eating properly, it was disclosed last night. In a return to old fashioned nursing methods, they will weigh all patients when they enter hospital. Medics believe this will enable them to identify whether patients are underweight or overweight and give them a better idea of how they are responding to treatment.
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Nurses will weigh all patients in bid to tackle eating disorders - Daily Mail 29th August 2007
Nurses ordered to weigh all patients - The Telegraph 30th August 2007
Thursday, August 30, 2007
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