I am delighted to have a very special guest blog on my page today to accompany the launch of the new material on School Nursing launched today. Lauren Goddard is a young carer who I had the pleasure of meeting …
The health of our children and young people and their ability to get the best from their education is vital for individual life chances and our future society. Young people face many challenges in their developing years and have been …
It may come as a surprise to you but finding a good, representative number of nurses, midwives and AHPs to receive the nation’s gratitude and recognition through an honour can prove a difficult job. This is not because there aren’t …
Following our week of action, Protecting Health: Nursing and Midwifery Successes and Challenges, and to coincide with NHS Change Day (3rd March 2014), I am please to be able to post this supportive RCN statement on antimicrobial Resistance. This is …
The fifth and final day of our week of action on health protection! We set out to make this vital function visible and especially to set out some of the successes and challenges for the nursing and midwifery professions. We …
On the final day of our week of action, Protecting Health: Nursing and Midwifery Successes and Challenges, we have a blog from Wendy Nicholson, DH Professional Officer for School and Community Nursing, on building resilience in children, young people and …
Today, as part of our week of action, Protecting Health: Nursing and Midwifery Successes and Challenges, we have the opportunity to consider mental health. In this blog Dr Ben Thomas, Professional Officer for Mental Health, Learning Disabilities and Dementia at …
Day Five of our Week of Action – 28th February, Friday This short ‘blog’ is just to provide a pointer for what we have coming up today and some things you may want to book for later in the week …
Our second blog of the day on tuberculosis is by a new member of our team, Jean Christensen, Professional Officer for Nursing and Midwifery Care, and reflects on both a personal connection to this disease and the particular elements …
To commence our themed day on tuberculosis as part of ‘Protecting Health: Nursing and Midwifery Successes and Challenges,’ I am delighted to introduce a blog by Dr Paul Cosford, Director for Health Protection and Medical Director at Public Health England: …
