title: Defence nursing: a force for good care.
abstract: Director of army nursing services David Bates has a leading role in defence nursing policy, training, education and research. He ensures defence nurses meet NMC standards while delivering care in demanding, often hostile environments. Col Bates believes that the NHS has much to learn from defence nursing in terms of leadership and valuing staff.But the future, he says, will involve increasing partnership between defence and civilian nurses, so he will also be looking for lessons from the NHS, private and third sectors.
authors.forename: Thelma
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Agnew
mesh_terms: D008888:Military Nursing; D009740:Nursing Staff; D012956:Societies, Nursing; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom