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It seems there is scope for expansion in the field of school nurses after a survey from the Royal college of nursing stated that the average School nurse looks after an astonishing 2,500 students each!

The governments response is to  state that significant steps have been taken in recent years to yeduce the strain on School nurses and also state that it is moving forward in increasing the numbers of nurses in schools.

The nurses themselves are under increasing pressures to deal with the social care side of the job as opposed to the actual physical health of the children involved.

Janet Davies of the RCN says

“Overburdened school nurses are looking after too many pupils and it is children who are being disadvantaged.

“This report demonstrates that delivering this pledge would mean making as much progress in the next year as we have seen in the last four.”