Clause 6
Mental Health Bill [Lords]
11:45 am
Rosie Winterton (Minister of State (Health Services), Department of Health; Doncaster Central, Labour)
It is right to say that we have increased the ability of professionals to take on more responsibility, and that that has led to an increase in the training. An example of that is the fact that we now have nurse prescribing, something that was almost unthought of when I was working for the Royal College of Nursing. Over time, we have come to know that nurses and others can take on roles that they would not have taken on before. The example of nurse prescribing is a good one.