The Society for Endocrinology is supporting the Royal College of Nursing campaign to guarentee access to specialist nursing care for all patients with long term conditions. The campaign calls on all political parties to recognise the important role that specialist nurses play in providing patients with long-term care and it urges the parties to guard against any future jobs cuts in this important area. Specialist nurses save millions of pounds from health budgets through reduced complications, fewer hospital re-admissions and the expert long term management of conditions and they also offer many patients and families with a lifeline which no other service can provide.

To sign up to the RCN campaign, visit the Nursing Counts website today!

RCN specialist nurses report

The Society is also a co-signatory to a letter that appeared in the Daily Telegraph on 25 February 2010 highlighting the importance of specialist nurses to patient care.

Letter in Daily Telegraph (fourth letter down the page)