Fears as apprentice nurses allowed to dispense drugs Apprentice nurses will be allowed to administer controlled drugs to NHS patients, under plans criticised by experts as a “recipe for confusion”.
Leaked documents reveal that a new tier of “nursing associates” with as little as two years’ experience will be entitled to measure out doses of medicine and carry out invasive procedures without direct supervision.
The first cohort of 1,000 is due to begin training in December, part of a series of Government measures to plug a widespread shortage of staff. The Daily Telegraph
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