Nurses needing degrees

I think higher-level training is a great idea for people who'll be going into responsible jobs. As for students having to get into debt, please don't get me started! I think we've lost that battle for a good while yet.
Now, could someone please extend the idea to cover MPs, town & county councillors, all kinds of professional counsellors, and so forth? (Except they should pay for the privilege...)

Nurses are expected to do a lot more now and be able to go on to a higher level. My DD did her degree years ago and because she had done pharmacology as part of her degree she saved a man's life when a doctor mis prescribed.
She has done lots of further training that needed degree level qualification to do.
She is now a senior oncology nurse and has passed a course enabling her to prescribe for oncology patients. This takes a huge burden off the doctors.

I do think it is wrong that student nurses should have to pay as if they were studying in the same way as other students. A new student may just be another pair of hands but soon they are an important part of the team. There must be another way.

Without doubt.. They have all had to have a degree for at least the last 25 years.
Every NHS professional in the NHS has to have at least a first degree.
Now you do have to pay for it yourself, regardless of your subject in health care.

Yes, you do need a degree now - and there are various types of nursing degree. Nursing is a very different profession these days.