Tony Butterworth

Undergraduate nurse education in trouble: New pathways into nursing pose a risk to the profession, yet there is no strong opposition from nurse leaders

Earlier in my career I had the great privilege of working alongside Baroness Jean McFarlane at the University of Manchester. The leader of the first undergraduate nursing programme at an English university, she was a fierce proponent and defender of nurses being educated in universities. I cannot imagine her response to the persistent offensive on nursing in higher education.

Deconstruction is easy, the hard part is offering alternatives

Jane Wrights article (Art & Science September 19) is a decent academic exercise that highlights the shortcomings of clinical supervision, but offers little by way of advancing our thinking. What is offered by Ms Wright to take its place? Sadly she offers no alternative.