By admin on 06/09/2010
The Nursing Standard Nurse Awards 2011 are now looking for nurses who have transformed patient care. The awards are a unique opportunity to recognise and reward excellence in nursing, promote best practice and share innovation. To enter this year’s awards, or for more information, visit www.nurseawards.co.uk The awards are open to qualified nurses, midwives and [...]
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By admin on 06/09/2010
Enabling Patient Access to Electronic Records – Guidance for Health Professionals, which RCN has endorsed is now published by the Royal College of General Practitioners at http://www.rcgp.org.uk/pdf/Health_Informatics_Enabling_Patient_Access.pdf
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By admin on 03/09/2010
Installers, designers, maintenance firms and manufacturers of electric gates, are being urged to seriously consider new safety advice issued by the Health and Safety Executive today, following the recent deaths of two children involving these gates. The safety alert points out that limiting the closing forces of gates alone will not provide sufficient protection to [...]
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By admin on 03/09/2010
There is a risk of the accidental over infusion of intravenous fluid and medicines to neonates associated with the setting up of specific intravenous infusions or the overriding of safety mechanisms on infusion pumps. This risk has the potential to result in death. NHS chief executives of organisations providing neonatal services will wish to ensure [...]
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By admin on 03/09/2010
DH Gateway reference number: 13391 In The Week: Regulations, Secretary of State’s Directions and accompanying guidance – previously issued on 6 April – give the NHS greater levels of protection and certainty when making decisions on patient requests to access treatment in other European Economic Area countries under Treaty rights. NHS chief executives will wish [...]
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By admin on 03/09/2010
The first international nursing intervention research symposium is inviting submissions for either oral or poster presentations on research development, evaluation or exchange focussing on maternal childcare, paediatric care, adult care, geriatric care or other areas. This symposium takes place in Montreal on 6 to 8 April 2011. The deadline to submit an abstract is 30 [...]
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By admin on 03/09/2010
In Europe, one in five children and young people aged 18 or under are at risk of poverty. This week, the Belgian Presidency of the European Union is hosting a conference on child poverty that will hear from decision-makers, policy makers, practitioners, experts and children and parents with experience of poverty. The conference is focussing [...]
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By admin on 03/09/2010
The Tropical Health Education Trust is holding a one-day conference on its’ UK Health Links programme for 2010 at the East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham on 4 November with the theme of Shaping the Future: Growth, Impact and Innovation of UK Health Links. As a platform for learning from the experiences of practitioners, the UK [...]
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By admin on 03/09/2010
The European Commission is developing a European skills, competencies and occupations taxonomy to describe the most relevant skills, competences and qualifications for several thousand occupations that will be available in all EU languages. The Commission is aiming this tool at institutions and stakeholders in the labour market and education sector and will continue its’ development [...]
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By admin on 03/09/2010
A paper describing a partnership in nurse education between a Bangladeshi university and volunteer Canadian nurse educators and health professionals highlights the issues for both parties in implementing training for a core of nurses to international standards using limited resources. This paper, from the RCN’s alliance the International Council of Nurses, identifies the lessons learnt [...]
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By admin on 03/09/2010
Update on European Year of Volunteering 2011 In 2009, the European Union designated 2011 as the European Year of Volunteering and will target current and potential volunteers, policy-makers and civil society to achieve four objectives that are Creating, enabling and facilitating an environment for volunteering in the EU Empowering volunteer organisations and improving the quality [...]
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By admin on 03/09/2010
Dear RCN member In the next few days you will receive your voting papers for the RCN AGM. Please read them and find out why you should vote “yes” to some important proposed changes to our Royal Charter and Bye-laws. I know people don’t always find such matters exciting but these changes to our constitutional [...]
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By admin on 02/09/2010
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By admin on 02/09/2010
In yesterdays’ Evening Standard (News Page 8, and your Comment, Page 14), I have to take issue on the article regarding switching out of hours care will put patients in danger’. While I totally support the intentions of the 181 doctors who have raised serious concerns on the the way this contract is being changed [...]
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By admin on 01/09/2010
A recent report from the Department for Transport has highlighted that healthcare professionals can struggle with issues regarding fitness to drive for patients. Whether patients were suffering from existing conditions or were on medication, the research revealed that professional knowledge of DVLA regulations of patient conditions that affect driving could stand to be improved. The [...]
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By admin on 01/09/2010
It is a statutory requirement under the Data Protection Act 1998 for nurses and midwives to notify the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) if they are working independently or running a small independent business where they are collecting and holding personal data of patients in clinics. Examples include nurses who may run or own a private [...]
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By admin on 01/09/2010
There is something wrong in a regulatory system when intentional harm and deceit is not punished. I am in fact referring to the case of the doctor who is now referred to as ‘Bloodgate’ doctor on the BBC website http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-11142562
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By admin on 31/08/2010
The RCN announced today that Andrea Spyropoulos will replace Maura Buchanan as the next President. Having worked with both Andrea and Maura, I am delighted to see the presidential baton passed onto a very fitting and inspirational individual who will continue as the ambassador of nursing both across the UK and the Islands as well [...]
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By admin on 29/08/2010
NHS Direct to Be Replaced by Cut-price Health Advice Service | Politics | the Guardian
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By admin on 26/08/2010
Right now we have a terrific opportunity to influence the future of the NHS in England. The Department of Health has released a White Paper detailing the government’s ambitious plans for the NHS. This document is the start of an important consultation process that will involve many key health organisations — and the RCN is [...]
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By admin on 24/08/2010
Patients are increasingly informed about their rights, options and entitlements for healthcare in the NHS. Following a number of high profile legal rulings in Europe, many of these rights and entitlements now extend to healthcare accessed in other European countries. It is therefore becoming increasingly important that the NHS is aware of its obligations relating [...]
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By admin on 23/08/2010
A new three-digit number – 111 – that will make it easier for patients to access non-emergency NHS healthcare wherever they are, 24 hours a day, was launched by Health Secretary Andrew Lansley today. The new service, launched in part of the North East of England today, marks the first step towards a national roll [...]
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By admin on 13/08/2010
81 per cent of malaria cases in UK residents are from visiting friends and family abroad Contrary to popular belief, malaria is not just about tourists or superstars. The main sufferers are British travellers of African descent who are not protecting themselves when they travel to visit friends and family abroad. Statistics show that more [...]
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By admin on 13/08/2010
The Council of Europe’s Ad hoc Committee on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence called CAHVIO met this summer to discuss the second draft of its convention. The draft proposal, supported by the RCN’s alliance the European Women’s Lobby, contains three clauses that are: • This Convention shall apply to all forms [...]
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By admin on 13/08/2010
The EU is investing €3.1 million through the HAMAM project to develop prototype clinical software tools to give better and quicker breast cancer diagnoses by integrating multi-modal images resulting from mammography, magnetic resonance imaging and other technologies as well as patient information. Health care professionals will be able to compare those multi-modal images side-by-side while [...]
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By admin on 13/08/2010
Following the devastation caused by the floods in Pakistan earlier this month, the RCN wrote to the Pakistani Nurses Federation to express our admiration for their members and other health care professionals who are continuing to provide care in incredibly difficult circumstances. We paid tribute to their member’s dedication, professionalism and courage. The RCN operates [...]
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By admin on 13/08/2010
Many countries are significantly off-track in achieving the eight United Nations millennium development goals, five of which are health-orientated. Earlier this month, the RCN joined a call to action sent to the UK coalition Government urging them to ensure there are enough appropriately trained, deployed, supported and motivated health workers who can deliver care and [...]
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By admin on 13/08/2010
When the world’s most industrialised countries that includes the UK met last June in Canada for the G8 annual summit, they focussed on addressing key challenges in development, international peace and security and environmental protection. They issued the 10-point Muskoka Initiative to accelerate progress in achieving Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 of improving maternal [...]
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By admin on 13/08/2010
Millions of women do not have access to modern family planning methods; every year more than a third of a million women die from complications during pregnancy and childbirth and more than 3.5 million newborn deaths occur in the first month of life. In July, the UK’s Department for International Development launched an open consultation [...]
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By admin on 13/08/2010
There are just two more weeks until voting closes in our RCN elections – so please spare a few minutes to fill in your voting papers if you haven’t already done so already. Voting is open for the role of President and Deputy President, student member of Council as well as seats on our country [...]
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