In praise of unsung heroes helping our NHS – Yorkshire Post Letters

The ROYAL College of Nursing (RCN) is today celebrating the first ever Nursing Support Workers’ Day.

The 1.3 million Nursing Support Workers are the backbone of our wards, clinics, community teams across all health and care settings.

They encompasses many 
job roles and titles including, Health Care Support Worker, Nursing Associate, Assistant Practitioner and Health Assistant, providing care autonomously to children and adults, across a range of settings in the NHS and independent sector.

If ever there has been a year in which our Nursing Support Workers across the whole health and social care system have proved their courage, commitment and vital contribution to society, then 2020 is surely that year.

We know of frontline staff who have had to adjust to unfamiliar roles; live apart from their own family to avoid the risk of spreading the infection; and who’ve held the hand of a dying patient when, tragically, their loved ones could not be there. Their dedication and the positive difference they make to patients, service users and their families deserves to be recognised.

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