Day Three of our Week of Action – 26th February, Wednesday 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 …
Protecting Health: Nursing and Midwifery Successes and Challenges David Foster, Deputy Director of Nursing at DH, offers his experiences and views on what health protection means for midwives. It all came rushing back: the sticky carpet, the tatty curtains, the smoke, …
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an important public health issue which impacts on the whole of society within the UK and across the entire world. In short, AMR hampers the control of infectious diseases and effectiveness of treatment, resulting in individuals …
To commence our themed day on antimicrobial resistance and healthcare associated infections as part of 'Protecting Health: Nursing and Midwifery Successes and Challenges,' I am delighted to introduce a blog by Professor John Watson, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, and …
Day Two of our Health Protection Week of Action – 25th February, Tuesday 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 …
We have an exciting week ahead to focus on nurses and midwives and their vital contribution to high quality practice in all care and in specialist health protection services to keep people safe. We will be making this vital contribution …
Welcome to the start of our week to promote health protection and increase its visibility within nursing and midwifery practice. This short blog is just to provide a pointer for what we have coming up today and some things you …
From Monday 24th February we will be undertaking another week of engagement activity on the nursing and midwifery contribution to public health, this time focusing on health protection. The aim of the week is to share and celebrate the contribution …
I would like to take this opportunity to tell you about the work the Department of Health is undertaking to minimise the use of restrictive practices in health and social care settings. Later this year we will be publishing national guidance …
In 2013 we started to make real progress in raising the profile of nurses' and midwives' work in improving and protecting people’s heath and in 2014 I want to aim for an even higher profile. We are demonstrating how we are …
