A Nurses’ Place is by the Bedside

An all graduate profession will not deliver better patient care and is

not the future for nursing warned UNISON, the UK’s largest health

union, today (15 February). UNISON’s response to the latest DOH

and Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) consultations* on nurse

training found that the overwhelming majority of nurses see their

place as by the bedside.

The union is calling for a wide entry-gate into nursing to

encourage more people into the profession and to nail the