Show nurses we care

dUE to the high numbers leaving the profession, the NHS has Nurse Ambassadors to tell everyone what a great career it is.

Yes, it is rewarding, but far less so than it used to be. The current crisis is due partly to the abysmal pay nurses get for all they do. Another reason is the high number of middlegrade nursing staff who get paid a lot more than those who do the bulk of the work.

It is demoralising and insulting, and hospital trusts should reverse this trend if they want to keep frontline staff.

HELEN TURNER, address supplied. I ASkEd the nurse treating my wife in A&E who was between her and the head of the hospital when she started her career.

She replied: ‘ Only Sister and Matron, but today I’ve lost count.’

ALAN STACKMAN, Calne, Wilts. I WAS not surprised that a nurse was photographed planning her next holiday while a queue of patients waited for treatment (Mail).

In the busy waiting room for an