A committee set up by the Prime Minister directed nurses and midwives to revive the public trust in the health services after strings of scandals bared the poor standards of care across the NHS. The Commission proposes that nurses and midwives restate their commitment to the public and service users in a pledge to deliver high quality, compassionate care.

The reports exposed astonishing incidents at Stafford Hospital and Basildon hospital by quoting that the nurses ignored requests to use the toilet or change sheets, and did not support old patients during meals. The report insisted compliance of responsibilities from senior nurses and ward sisters, expects healthcare assistants to be more regulated in basic tasks.

The report said that perception about nursing should be renewed through high quality services with passion so that the people no longer believe nurses as poorly educated, put upon 'handmaidens' of doctors.

Patients Association remarked, "Whilst we welcome the pledge, it's a sad indictment that there is a need to restate the commitment of nurses and midwives, the caring profession, to high quality patient care".

Professor Dickon Weir-Hughes, the Nursing and Midwifery Council, said, "The Commission has given the NMC a clear mandate to regulate advanced nursing practice and protect the title nurse" in fulfillment of the suggestion by the report. This step will bring clarity to the job descriptions of the various titles.