title: 'Eligibility criteria' send shivers down the spine.
abstract: NOW THEN, when you go on duty today are you going to be delivering skilled specialist care to patients with complex needs? And will you recognise when semi-skilled nursing is in order? Indeed, can you identify the difference? Can you say exactly how many hours of care a patient is going to need? What criteria will you be applying? If your work involves contact with nursing homes, that word criteria has probably sent a shiver down your spine.