According to the Royal College of Nursing, there are currently fewer than 3,000 school nurses across the UK, serving almost 26,000 secondary and primary schools. Last month, in its manifesto Health priorities for the next UK government, the college called for a dramatic increase in this number.
The college's call is borne out by an NCB study published in June 2003, based on research carried out with around 3,000 pupils in England. Change, challenge and school nursing, by Nicola Madge and Anita Franklin, found that school nurses play an increasingly important role in health promotion work, but that the service is becoming over-stretched.
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