We all want to keep children safe wherever they are and we know that accidents are most likely to happen to children in the home and on the roads. Healthcare and other professionals have an important role to play in …
Drawing on contributions and input from around 9,000 nurses, midwives care staff and patients, we are delighted to launch Compassion in Practice, the new three-year plan. Our enduring values for high quality care and good health and wellbeing are set …
Thank you for all the helpful comments on the Nursing & Midwifery Vision and Strategy and to those who participated in WeNurses Tweetchat last week. Those taking part felt that more information to inform tomorrow's Tweetchat in respect of 'action …
I have had a really good few days talking to nurses, midwives and health visitors from primary and community services about public health. We have discussed, what do we mean by ‘public health’ and is it a term that resonates …
I know that many of you, especially midwives, health visitors, practice nurses and others working with pregnant women, will already be informed about this programme. However, we know that people often ask us questions about current health issues because we …
This guest blog, from my colleague Wendy Nicholson, Professional Officer for Nursing focuses on developments in District Nursing This week I attended a celebration of the Queen’s Nursing Institute (QNI) 125th Anniversary. As soon as I arrived I felt a …
I have been heartened and inspired by the commitment of a wide range of external partners to support and contribute to the health visiting agenda. The shared hearts and minds, working together to improve outcomes for children, families and communities …
Every morning extremely early I get up to my digital alarm, start my car with my electronic key, pay for parking with a card, swipe my Oyster card, check the Blackberry for emails, check smart phone for messages...etc! At no …
I am really looking forward to meeting everyone at the School and Public Health Nurses Association (SAPHNA) conference tomorrow. I am speaking on the vision for nursing and midwifery - especially from public health nursing perspective - and very interested …
I want to use this blog as a way of keeping people updated and getting your views on developments in nursing, midwifery and care. I want to highlight the vital roles nurses and midwives play in improving the public's health …
A proposed new vision for nursing, midwifery and care-giving sets out the values of compassionate care and asks how they can be developed further across health and social care. Over recent months, Viv Bennett, Director of Nursing for the Department …
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