title: Breaking new ground.
abstract: The most significant change during Jenny Leggott's long nursing career relates to the increasing complexity of patients' conditions, she believes. Patients with multiple comorbidities are surviving longer, which means there are now older people in hospital with high levels of need.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Duffin
mesh_terms: D001363:Awards and Prizes; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D008880:Midwifery / Q000266:history; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000266:history*; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006113:United Kingdom