Calls to change the law due to fears patients are being deceived by unqualified ‘nurses’

Calls to change the law due to fears patients are being deceived by unqualified ‘nurses’ The government is being urged to make the term “nurse” a protected legal title amid fears the public is being deceived and put at risk by people masquerading as qualified nurses.

A petition calling for the change has already attracted almost 14,000 signatures and was prompted by the recent case of anti-vaccine activist Kate Shemirani, who was struck off by the Nursing and Midwifery Council last month. The Independent