“We should be careful about being hooked on Eastern European doctors as a solution to our workforce problems.” Roland Petchey, professor of health services research and policy at City University, says the supply of foreign workers is likely to dwindle, in Health Service Journal (Feb 7)
“There has got to be something wrong when people with only basic arithmetic are administering drugs.” Peter Carter, general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing, calls for a debate on numeracy skills for nurses, in Nursing Standard (Feb 6)
“I think ‘associate teacher’ is an improvement as it explains your role to parents. If you’re called an unqualified teacher, they think you don’t know what you’re talking about.” Unqualified teacher Marguerite Hudson, from Essex, welcomes proposals to change her job title, in The Times Educational Supplement (Feb 8)
“There are still some [London schools], although not many, I would not want my children to attend.” Sir Mike Tomlinson, the new man in charge of improving the capital’s schools, says there’s still a way to go, in The Times Educational Supplement (Feb 8)
“Looking down and trying to type things into a touch screen is difficult, whereas you can write and look at someone.” Sir Ian Blair, the Met Commissioner, on proposals to introduce handheld computers for reporting crimes, in Police Professional (Feb 7)