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An increase in paperwork is preventing nurses from spending enough time caring for patients, nurse leaders claim.

The Royal College of Nursing has called for extra investment to help nurses cope with non-essential paperwork, such as filing, photocopying and orders.

A poll of 1,752 nurses found that a fifth of the time of a standard nurse is spent doing non-essential paperwork.

The government said it was vital that nurses spent as much time as possible with patients.

BBC NEWS | Health | Nurses 'need help with paperwork'

The penny has finally dropped!! All we need to do now is persuade the pen pushers in our NHS trusts that patient care is more important than paperwork