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Welcome to Day One of our Week of Action on Health Improvement and Health Promoting Practitioners- #PHPWeek
Welcome to the start of our week on health improvement and health promoting practitioners. This short blog is to provide a pointer for what we have coming up today and some things you may want to book for later in …
Health Improvement and Health Promoting Practitioners - Date for your Diaries
In the week of 23rd June we will be undertaking our third 'week of action' for personalised care and population health, focusing on the nursing, midwifery, health visitor and allied health profession contribution to health improvement and on being ‘health …
Nurses: A Force for Change - A Vital Resource for Health. International Nurses' Day - blog and joint message from UK and Republic of Ireland Chief Nurses
May 12th is International Nurses' Day (IND) and this year has at its centre the responsibility and opportunity nurses have to improve the health of population and the need worldwide for enough highly skilled nurses to ensure quality of care …
Positive and Proactive Care: reducing the need for restrictive interventions - Guest Blog by Ben Thomas
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Blogs, Compassion in Practice, Home, Learning disability nursing, No health without mental health
In January I wrote about the Government’s plans to reduce the need for restrictive interventions and to promote the use of Positive Behaviour Support (PBS). I am pleased to say that on 3 April 2014, Norman Lamb, Care and Support …
Very Special Specialist Care Centres - Guest blog by David Foster
The view from my bedroom window as a child was dominated by a magnolia tree. It grew fast and strong, much quicker and stronger than I did! Mrs Jenkins[1] can also see a magnolia tree, heavy with blossom, from her …
Experiences of a Young Carer - Lauren Goddard
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 …
Improving the health of school-aged children and young people supporting best practice and effective commissioning
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 …
Honours - Recognising the achievements of ordinary people who do extraordinary things
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 …
RCN Statement on Antimicrobial Resistance
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 …
Protecting Health: Nursing and Midwifery Successes and Challenges - End of Week Message and Thank You from Viv Bennett
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 …
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