[West Ender]

My youngest daughter's friend qualified as a psychiatric nurse last year. To qualify she had to gain a degree at John Moors university. In my opinion, that's the problem. Nurses are no longer employed to "nurse", their required knowledge goes far beyond the skills of tending to the every day needs of sick people.

I don't blame anyone for wanting to pursue a career in this way but the educational requirements and skills of nursing have completely bypassed the "caring" side of the job. Time was when a young woman or a young man who didn't have an academic nature, but who cared about people, could find nursing a rewarding career. Now, such a person would never get a job in the NHS.