title: Why does the government assume there are problems with all nurses?
abstract: Commenting on the government's proposal that nurses spend a year working as healthcare assistants, Dean Fathers, director of the centre for health enterprise at Cass Business School in London, says: 'The need for care and compassion in the health system is essential.
authors.affiliation: Hillingdon Hospital, London.
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Picton