Are nurses allowed to be political counsellors?
Are we allowed to run for political office such as local counsellors?
Politics can often be very polarised and although nurses shouldn't bring political beliefs into work, i find that some political opinions are viewed as fine and some are frowned upon.
For example I see loads of nurses with pride badges, free Palestine, or talk about going to protests and actively support left political parties like Green. But if someone said they were going to attend reform marches and actively promoted it/ talked about it in work, there may be some criticism/ backlash.
I imagine there wouldn't be a perceived issue by a nurse running for independent or Greens but if they ran for Restore or Reform, it might be different.
Does anyone know the answer for this?
To be clear, I don't care about someones individual political beliefs. I just want to know if the NMC discourages or doesn't allow nurses to run for political office.