The move is designed to allow more ward sisters to manage the staff on their ward, plan rosters, shift patterns and the need for agency or bank nurses.

BBC: Nurses to run more hospitals

The hospital had to open up an extra ward and ask nurses not on shift to come in and staff it.

BBC: King's Lynn hospital calls in off-duty staff

Stronger currencies would also shift growth from exports to domestic demand and increase households' real spending power and help ward off protectionists in the West.

ECONOMIST: Asia