Nurse Jacquie Long will soon trade in one set of scrubs for another as she goes about her job in the critical-care unit at Trinity Rock Island. Long will say goodbye to her uniform top in a ...

The feelings of most nurses who remember the traditional white nurse's uniform fall somewhere in the middle. At one time, they wore their uniforms proudly, and speak of them with fondness today.

Patients and their loved ones will immediately know which members of staff are ward leaders, matrons and senior leaders at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (WWL).