‘It all hinges on wellbeing’: UK school nurses’ crucial, underfunded role

Annie O’Neill, who visits 33 schools a term, has noticed a huge rise in problems such as eating disordersCalls for 11,000 more school nurses in UKAnnie O’Neill has just finished delivering a session in which she has taught year 13 students to manage their anxious “glitter mind” with breathing exercises, CBT techniques and mindfulness. When the school nurse finishes, one of the students shyly shuffles up. After a long pause, she says: “I have a lot of pressure on me.