‘PR problem that stops men thinking it is for them’

0 Brian Simpson gave up policing to train as a nurse Brian Simpson, 37, from Dundee, used to be a police officer but retrained as a nurse and graduated from the University of Dundee last year.

“I absolutely think it would be better for the profession to have more men in nursing. There are some male patients who would rather be nursed by men for various reasons. One is the privacy aspect, and the other is the company they want when they chat to nurses on the ward, so it would be great to see more men come in to help meet the needs of all patients.

“I think nursing has a PR problem that stops men thinking about it as a profession for them. If you look at the posters health boards put out or the advertising on social media, it seems to be all females in these images.”