Enrolled nurses have been in the limelight recently. Here, Sue Norman analyses the findings from the UKCC's survey and considers the Council's next steps. On page 24, Charlotte Alderman reports on a course designed to meet the learning needs of enrolled nurses

IF THERE is one thing that has bedevilled the UKCC since its inception in 1983 it is the plight of enrolled nurses. This is a conundrum of neither the ENs’ nor the UKCC’s making. It goes back a long way in nursing history, yet retains a powerful ability to set nurse against nurse and, most certainly, nurse against regulatory body.