NURSING AND EDUCATION PLATFORM

Debates about care in the uk, fuelled by the Francis report, focus upon the NHS. Yet by 2014 all NHS hospitals in England, will be foundation Trusts which are very different from NHS hospuitals. Much care is given also within other areas such as private/ charity owned care homes, private prisons, the community, hospices. All issues raised with Francis report, do not apply to other areas eg  care homes. By considering all areas, we can identify underlying themes such as staffing thus strengthening any arguments for improvements, A focus purely on the NHS, also imlpies that other areas are secondary and of less importance. Many nurses and care assistants etc, work within the private sector,  and education is not preparing them for the differences which is another issue. Since we are being shoved towards privatisation, we need to prepare and avoid hastening abdication of responsibility by the govt or other bodies.