Independent Nurse: News focus - New care role criticised by nurses.

MEDICAL care; NURSING; SICK people; MEDICAL personnel; GOVERNMENT policy

This article reports that plans for new medical care practitioners (MCP) have sent shockwaves through the nursing profession. Over the past decade, a raft of new healthcare roles have emerged and last week the British government has paved the way for yet another post--the medical care practitioner. It is informed that MCPs could gain their own professional body next year and are likely to be regulated by the Health Professions Council. The government is already consulting on whether to allow them to prescribe from the full formulary.