Nurses banned from showing cleavage, midriff

TNP PHOTO: Choo Chwee Hua

Some nurses in the UK have been banned from showing cleavage or baring their midriffs after the National Health Service in the East and North Hertfordshire districts issued a strict new uniform policy.

This comes after a series of complaints from patients about members of staff baring their midriff and problems with health and safety as some had been wearing sandals.

Doctors and nurses face the threat of disciplinary action if they are caught wearing clothes which expose their ''midriff'' or ''excessive cleavage''.