title: As nurses find their voice again they can express concerns better.
abstract: When reading the coroner's verdict on the death in 2009 of 22-year-old hospital patient Kane Gorny from dehydration (news July 18), inevitably one wonders whether standards of basic care are routinely falling to unacceptable levels.
authors.affiliation: NHS Yorkshire and the Humber strategic health authority.
authors.forename: Juliette
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cosgrove