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Though the world has changed, our values haven’t. As nursing, midwifery and care staff we know that compassionate care delivered with courage, commitment and skill is our highest priority. It is the rock on which our efforts to promote health and well‐being, support the vulnerable, care for the sick and look after the dying is built.

Source: National Health Service (2016). Public Domain

The 6Cs of nursing arose out of a need to ensure that high standards of care were consistently delivered. This was in the wake of damming reports of care from the Frances Report (Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust 2013) and the Cavendish Review in the same year, which highlighted failings in the delivery of care and the subsequent lack of public confidence in the services (Department of Health 2013). The Chief Nursing Officer for England and the Director of Nursing for the Department of Health, Public Health England, identified the core values that underpin nursing care:

 Care

 Compassion

 Competence

 Communication

 Courage

 Commitment

Each value is equal, not one is more important than the other. They focus on putting the person being cared for at the heart of the care they are given. Figure 3.2 shows the person at the heart of the 6Cs. Nurses have been praised for their application and leadership in applying the 6Cs in their everyday encounters with patients, and the inherent values have been rolled out to all staff who engage in healthcare and social care. Figure 3.3 highlights the person at the heart of the 6Cs.