RCN response to Lord Mancroft’s comments about nursing care
Published: 29 February 2008
Reacting to comments made by Lord Mancroft about the standard of nursing care he received recently, Royal College of Nursing General Secretary & Chief Executive Dr Peter Carter said: "These comments are extremely unhelpful and grossly unfair on nurses across the UK who work extremely hard to provide patients with the highest standards of care.
"Where poor nursing exists it should always be challenged through the proper channels. If any patient has an issue with their treatment by staff they should raise this with the healthcare provider, rather than make sweeping generalisations about nurses and sexist insults about the behaviour of British women.
"The RCN has contacted the trust concerned over these allegations."
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