Just 13% of nurses feel prepared to meet the needs of their transgender patients, according to a survey by the RCN. The UK-wide research involving more than 1,200 nursing staff found this could be due to lack of training, despite more than three quarters encountering transgender patients in their work, and 56% caring for them directly.

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A new support role is designed to open up the profession, but some say it will undermine nurses and assistant practitioners. Petra Kendall-Raynor reports.

The UK faces a potential shortage of more than 36,000 nurses by 2030, a new study has shown.

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