title: Nursing's 'Achilles' heel'.
abstract: In October last year, Health Education England (HEE) finally published its annual 'mandate' of key objectives, as agreed with the Department of Health. One major point is that HEE has been 'instructed' to reduce attrition from healthcare courses by 50% by the end of 2017.
authors.affiliation: Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh.
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Buchan
mesh_terms: D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D006113:United Kingdom