RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Nursing notes on a scandal JF Future Healthcare Journal JO Future Healthc J FD Royal College of Physicians SP 3 OP 6 DO 10.7861/fhj.2023-FR102 VO 10 IS 1 A1 Anne Marie Rafferty A1 Alison Leary YR 2023 UL http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/10/1/3.abstract AB 10 years on from the publication of the Francis report, the nursing profession is facing unprecedented challenges; Robert Francis has recently sounded the alarm that the NHS is currently facing ‘the Mid Staffordshire scandal playing out on a national level’. In this perspective, we consider the opportunities missed in the last decade in the attempt to secure safe staffing in nursing.