I Do Think She Will Have Got the Message: Nurses in England let the country's Health Secretary have it:

Just two days after being given the silent treatment by NHS union members, Patricia Hewitt returned to face heckles, slow handclaps and mocking laughter from 2,000 angry nurses.

The Health Secretary's speech to delegates at the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) in Bournemouth was drowned out by a chorus of chants, mostly calling for her resignation.

Undaunted, she battled on through her prepared speech pausing to sip from a glass of water as she waited for the shouts of "Resign" and "Shame" to die down.

...Ms Hewitt finally abandoned her speech, drowned out by shouts of “Enough, enough, enough” and “Point of order”, and instead took questions.

...Les Miles, 49, a neo-natal practice nurse at South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust hospital, then asked the Health Secretary how his team was supposed to cope with one qualified staff nurse, one auxiliary nurse and 14 premature babies.

She replied, saying that she "absolutely acknowledged" what he was saying about understaffing, but she was drowned out by shouts of "don’t patronise."

Not a happy bunch, that's for sure. Two nurses for 14 preemies is terribly understaffed. Two nurses with fourteen normal newborns would be understaffed. It wouldn't even meet day care standards here.