Don't laugh at me, but I've fallen in love with a young male nurse, who looked after me when I was in hospital. He told me he has feelings for me too. What I'm worried about is the "medical ethics" side of things. Could I get him into trouble by going out with him, or sleeping with him?

Traditionallly, there has always been quite a permissive attitude to nurse-patient relationships.

Indeed, a lot of patients have married their nurses.

However, in January, a body called the Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence (CHRE) issued surprisingly rigid guidelines, forbidding nurses to have relationships with current patients - and even, under some circumstances, with former ones.

If your young man is no longer treating you, it may be OK for you to go to bed with him. Even so, I think he should first get some ethical advice from a senior colleague. Good luck.