The data also found 86% of nursing staff felt a uniform should be mandatory for all NHS trusts in the country. According to the NHS Supply Chain, the colours were chosen to "resonate nationally." ...

Thousands of local clinical staff will get their new uniforms in the coming weeks. The trust said the colours would help patients identify nurses, students and other medical professionals.

Nurses have revealed the reality they now face on the NHS frontline as patients spend their final hours slowly dying on trolleys in busy corridors. Speaking at the RCN headquarters in central ...