Dementia patients putting strain on nurses, Cameron says

David Cameron said there needs to be a greater emphasis on compassion in the health service, as ministers announce plans to ban untrained health "assistants" from working in hospitals under plans to raise standards.

More than 50,000 low-paid and unregulated assistants will have to receive formal care training.

Mr Cameron said: "We shouldn't underestimate the pressures nurses are under. One in four beds are taken up with people with dementia. I never underestimated for a second the pressures they are under but we do need a greater emphasis on compassion and standards of care in our hospitals."

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