Weblinks to act as supplements in your studies and provide a greater breadth of information.

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Health Education England (2015) The Shape of Caring: A Review of the Future Education and Training of Registered Nurses and Care Assistants.

The King’s Fund website is an excellent resource for leadership and policy information and critique.

Department of Health (1997) Priorities and Planning Guidance for the NHS: 1998/99. Leeds: NHS Executive.

Guardian (2009) ‘All new nurses to have degrees from 2013’, 12 November.

Nursing and Midwifery Council (2015) The Code: Professional Standards of Practice and Behaviour for Nurses and Midwives.London: NMC.

Rivett, G.C. (2007) National Health Service History.

Wildman, S. and Hewison, A. (2009) ‘Re-discovering a history of nursing management: from Nightingale to the modern matron’, International Journal of Nursing Studies, 46 (12): 1650–1661.

King’s Fund (2014) An Alternative Guide for the New NHS in England. London: King’s Fund.

Structure of the NHS in Scotland.

Structure of the NHS in Wales.

Structure of the NHS in Northern Ireland.