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I have yet to come across a newly qualified nurse who did not have the right values and attitude to work in the NHS. What seems to change them, however, is the culture of the NHS as a whole and the organisations where they work, which encourages a prioritisation of other aspects of their workload. Surely tackling this would provide far greater return on investment than a potentially off-putting written examination (which are notoriously bad at detecting 'soft' traits such as compassion and caring)? Also, this will only apply to those nurses who have not yet qualified - what about whether the ones currently on our wards have the right attitude and values?

I would be interested to hear whether any nurses feel that they would have been put off from applying as a result of these new measures.