Adult and mental health nurse recruitment drive underway

Wednesday, 6 January 2016 00:00

Efforts are underway to increase the number of adult and mental health nurses who are trained on the Isle of Man.

The Department of Health and Social Care is running a recruitment drive to select 20 students who want to start a Bachelor or Master of Nursing Degree in September.

The three year programme, run in partnership with the University of Chester, is carried out solely on the Island:

That's programme leader Catherine Black - she says as well as being caring and compassionate interested people have to be committed:

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