The situation in the NHS is critical. While we should be celebrating the 75th anniversary of one of our greatest achievements, staff are striking, calling for pay increases, and measures to reduce waiting times and fill the enormous number of vacancies – 133,400 in NHS England alone. The Big Issue brought together three leading nurses to consult on the current ailments plaguing the NHS and work out potential remedies, starting with why they contributed to a new book, Dear Nurse, aimed at children and celebrating the 75th anniversary of the NHS this year.
We need new people joining us. We need a generation that would love to be a nurse. There’s nothing else that I would ever want to do my
