Sir, – Fiona Gartland’s report (“Fitness-to-practise inquiries for nurses and midwives to be held in public”, Home News, January 3rd) that disciplinary inquiries in the nursing profession will now be heard in public is disquieting.
We have seen in the last few years how damaging these inquiries are to the reputation of doctors, even when doctors are subsequently acquitted.
Why would any sensible young nurse put themselves at risk of this often unfair publicity and potential disgrace to earn a take-home salary that can be as low as €400 a week?
Such young people would do better to accept an office or retail job that would carry a lot less responsibility and carry no risk of public disgrace. – Yours, etc,
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SEAN O’SULLIVAN,
Crossabeg,
Co Wexford.