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Poor nursing pay is a ‘patient safety issue’ say campaigners
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Over 60 demonstrations took place on 3 July 2021 to protest over pay. Figures have suggested that a band 5 nurse takes home around £5,000 less per year than they did a couple years ago due to austerity measures and a public sector pay cap. The protest as arranged by groups Keep Our NHS Public, Health Campaigns Together, NHS Workers Say No and NHS Staff Voices with a separate demonstration by Nurses United UK have raised concerns for patient safety, arguing that the pay issue has a direct impact on recruitment and retention of nurses. Read full story. Source: Nursing Notes, 3 July 2021 -
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Updated toolkit for better working environments for nurses
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The Royal College of Nursing has updated their Healthy Workplace toolkit to include the need for nurses to stay hydrated during their shifts and to take their at-work breaks. The toolkit was designed to improve health and wellbeing for nurses working in all areas of healthcare. It also includes pandemic-specific advice and an aim to improve working environments for nursing staff. Read full story. Source: Royal College of Nursing, 21 June 2021 -
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Government urged to address the shortage of specialist nursing staff
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A new report by the Royal College of Nursing shows the number of learning disability nurses working in NHS Hospitals, NHS hospital and community services in England has risen by only 22 in three years. Worryingly, there is estimated to be only 17,000 learning disability specialist nurses on the NMC register in the UK. The Royal College of Nursing is urging the government to address the shortage of specialist nurses for learning disabilities. Read full story. Source: Royal College of Nursing, 22 June 2021 -
News ArticleThe government is being urged to make the term 'nurse' a protected legal title as it has now been found people are calling themselves a nurse despite not being registered or qualified. Recently it has emerged that even in the NHS, unregistered staff have been using the term 'nurse', meaning patients cannot be sure the person treating them is qualified raising concerns for patient safety. Currently, only the term 'registered nurse' is a protected legal title. Read full story. Source: The Independent, 21 June 2021
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Rise in sharps injuries among nurses
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New research shows a rise in sharps injuries among healthcare workers around Europe over the last year. Respondents of the research said the rise in sharps injuries may be due to staff shortages and higher pressures and stress on healthcare staff. The survey, which covered more than 300,000 healthcare workers, found workers were being put at unnecessary risk of contracting deadly diseases such as HIV, Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C, with nurses being the ones primarily affected by the sharps injuries. The article concludes that more interventions need to be done to protect healthcare workers. Read full story Source: The Brussels Times, 15 June 2021 -
News ArticleAlmost a fifth of nurses who left the profession cited a negative workplace culture as a reason for leaving along with almost a quarter saying they were under too much pressure. The nursing regulator, the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) warned there could be an exodus of registered nurses after the coronavirus pandemic in its latest annual report. Despite a record number of nurses and midwives joining the profession across the UK, the NMC said pressure on frontline nurses could drive many away. In a survey of 5,639 nurses who left the register between July 2019 and June 2020, the NMC found that after retirement as the most common reason for leaving, almost a quarter of nurses (23%) said they left their jobs because of "too much pressure", leading to stress and poor mental health. A total of 18% blamed a negative workplace culture as the reason to leave. The NMC report warned: “These issues existed before the pandemic, and may well outlast it, further disrupting an already fatigued nursing and midwifery workforce. If not addressed, this could have a significant impact on the number of people we report leaving our register over the next year and beyond.” Read full story Source: The Independent, 20 May 2021
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Neonatal Quality Improvement study day
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untilThis online study day from the East of England Neonatal Operational Delivery Network will be led by Sara Davis, Neonatal Practice Development Lead. Using a blend of theory and guided workshops, you will have the opportunity to see worked examples, ask questions, share ideas and receive support in the first stages of planning your own project. It will include: Action planning for learning and improvement using human factor science and QI methodologies, Audit as a tool for assurance and improvement and team effectiveness. The cost of this study day is: £10.00 per person for delegates attending from within the East of England Network £20.00 per person for delegates attending from outside of the East of England Network. Book a place -
EventuntilWith general practice in crisis due to workforce shortages, an increasingly complex workload, rising public expectations, and further pressures caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, The King's Fund are providing the time and space for you to reflect, think differently, share and learn. Join peers and experts from The King’s Fund to explore: what the future of general practice looks like how the experience for patients and staff can be improved how to ensure those actions are building blocks towards the future. This event is for GPs, commissioners, nurses, practice managers, allied health professionals, Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS)-funded roles, and other professionals working in multidisciplinary general practice teams and those responsible for general practice at place or neighbourhood level. Register
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Long Covid Nurse Expert Group Re-launch
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untilThe Queen's Nursing Institute (QNI) is delighted to invite you to a free online event for the Long Covid Nurse Expert Group Re-launch. The Long Covid nurse expert group was set up by the QNI to examine issues and practice related to the management of Long Covid in community, primary care and social care settings. Find out more about the Long Covid Nurse Expert Group Sign up for the event If you have any queries about the group or event, contact Eve Thrupp -
EventuntilThe conference aims to bring all the Directors, Specialists, Professors, Doctors, Scientists, Academicians, Healthcare professionals, Nurses, Students, Researchers, Business Delegates, Industrialists to share the knowledge, experience, challenges, innovations, and trends encountered in the field of nursing, healthcare and patient safety. Register
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2nd Global Summit on Pediatric Nursing
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untilPediatric Nursing aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and research scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results on all aspects of Global Summit on Pediatric Nursing. It also provides a premier interdisciplinary platform for researchers, practitioners and educators to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, and concerns as well as practical challenges encountered and solutions adopted in the fields of Pediatric Nursing. Register -
EventuntilWe have known for several years that nurses are at higher risk of suicide than the general population and that nurses have more job-related problems recorded prior to death by suicide. What we have now learned about those job-related problems is troublesome at best with implications for risk managers, hospital executives, and all leaders in healthcare. The panel in the Patient Safety Association webinar will describe the issues and implications for advocacy and policy change necessary to right the wrongs leading to death by suicide amongst nurses through personal testimony and review of recent research findings. This webinar is sponsored by CHPSO. By the end of the session, the participants will be able to: Identify major issues stemming from the workplace that lead to death by suicide. Identify institutional, professional, and individual actions that can be taken to reduce risk. Describe the flaws in the current system that prevent accurately tracking and action-planning to reduce risks amongst nurses. Register
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EventuntilJoin BD this live educational event designed to promote discussions on the following topics: An overview of the latest evidence-based prevention measures of HAI (SSI). Essential bundles of an effective infection prevention and control program management in cardiac surgery. Review of the sustainable change in practice within operating room. The event is designed for cardiac surgeons, infection control and nurses who are interested in learning more about new techniques and methodologies to minimise some of the most challenging post-operative complications, with an opportunity to debate and share opinions with peers through live discussions with internationally renowned faculty. Register
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EventuntilThe Nursing Times awards are free to attend and will give you the chance to highlight and reward innovation in workforce planning and management that will contribute to sustaining a workforce fit for the future. The summit will take place over two days, connecting nurses responsible for the recruitment, retention and development of the workforce to meet with solution providers and workforce experts. Book tickets
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Content ArticleThe National Infusion and Vascular Access Society (NIVAS) is a multidisciplinary organisation made up of healthcare professionals with a special interest in vascular access and IV therapy. This white paper by NIVAS lays out evidence that having a nursing-led vascular access team in every hospital in the UK will improve patient safety, reduce workload pressures for other staff, and save the NHS money. Vascular access involves the use of devices such as catheters to deliver or remove fluids, blood or medication from a patient’s bloodstream. The paper examines the arguments advocating for Vascular Access Services Team (VAST) across the NHS, acknowledging the current pressures of restarting the NHS following the pandemic and the roadmap to reduce the elective waiting lists. It also outlines how integrating a standardised model of VAST into the healthcare systems of the NHS will benefit patients, the new Integrated Care Systems (ICS) and the wider objectives of the NHS.
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Content ArticleNursing workforce shortages are an issue of international concern, with the gap between demand for services and the limited numbers of nurses widening. Recruiting nurses internationally is one solution that is helping to bridge this gap in some health systems. This systematic review in the International Journal of Nursing Studies Advances aimed to explore the lived experiences of international nurses working and living in different countries globally. The authors identified factors that can help nurses from other countries to adapt culturally to the UK health system, and that may support retention of international staff. The authors found that in order to improve the long term retention of international nurses, cultural integration and language barriers should be sensitively managed to enable effective acculturation. Culturally sensitive leadership should also be promoted to ensure zero tolerance of inappropriate racist and discriminatory behaviours.
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Content ArticleEven before the pandemic struck, there was a shortage of nurses in the UK. In January 2020, a survey by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) found that almost three-quarters of nurses said the staffing level on their last shift was not sufficient to meet the needs of patients safely and effectively. Yet this month NHS England predicted that the government will not meet its manifesto pledge to boost the NHS’s nursing workforce by 50,000 by March 2024. The key reason? NHS workers are quitting in droves, citing burnout, fatigue and pay as factors. Filling these gaps are nurses from overseas. Recently released figures for 2021 and 2022 from the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) show that record numbers of nurses trained overseas are coming to work in the UK – almost half of new registrations. The Guardian spoke to four of them about their experience working in the UK.
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Content ArticleIn this blog, nurse Carol Menashy describes her experience making an error in theatre fifteen years ago, and the personal blame she faced in the way the incident was dealt with at the time. She talks about how a SEIPS (Systems Engineering Initiative for Patient Safety) framework can transform how adverse incidents are dealt with, allowing healthcare teams to learn together and use incidents to help make positive changes towards patient safety. She describes the progress that has been made towards organisational accountability and systems thinking over the past fifteen years, and talks about the importance of staff support to allow for healing from adverse events.
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Content ArticleOne of the reasons why patient safety may be put at risk during healthcare interventions is a lack of staff adherence to patient safety guidelines. There could be a relationship between staff’s adherence to patient safety guidelines and their perceived level of reward for their work and/or motivation. This study from Asmoro et al. examined the relationship between reward and adherence to patient safety guidelines, and between motivation and adherence to patient safety guidelines, among nurses working in emergency departments (EDs) in Indonesia. They found that ensuring ED nurses are motivated for their work by offering rewards – such as a decent salary, a supportive workplace environment and career progression opportunities – is important to enhance their adherence to patient safety guidelines.
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Content ArticleThis document summarises the findings of The Health Foundation's analysis on workforce supply and demand in general practice in England up to 2030/31. It focuses on patient care staff including GPs and general practice nurses. The Health Foundation developed three scenarios of potential workforce supply through a mix of in-house modelling and publicly available data: a scenario based on current policy, a more optimistic scenario and a pessimistic scenario. The analysis demonstrates that in all three scenarios, the supply of GPs and general practice nurses is projected to fall short of demand. Under current policy, the NHS faces a shortfall of over 1 in 4 GP and general practice nurse posts by 2030/31. In the pessimistic scenario this increases to around 1 in 2 GP and nurse posts, raising concerns about patient safety, quality of care and equity of access. In the optimistic scenario, the GP shortfall can be substantially mitigated by 2030/31, but this would require sustained and concerted policy action to boost GP retention and integrate newer roles within multidisciplinary practice teams.
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Content ArticleThe consultancy firm McKinsey & Company explored the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the nursing workforce in a global survey that included nurses from United States, the United Kingdom, Singapore, Japan, Brazil and France. The survey findings show a consistency around how nurses feel in their roles today, despite the different healthcare systems and delivery networks in each of the six countries. A substantial population of nurses are expressing a desire to leave direct patient care, with between 28% and 38% of nurse respondents in the United States, the United Kingdom, Singapore, Japan and France indicating that they were likely to leave their current role in direct patient care in the next year. This article explores in detail some of the reasons why nurses are choosing to leave direct patient care, and highlights approaches that might encourage retention, including positive leadership initiatives.
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Content ArticleThis Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) investigation explores medicines omission among patients with learning disabilities who are cared for in medium and low secure wards in mental health hospitals. A medicine omission is when a patient doesn't receive medicines that have been prescribed to them, and the investigation focused on a number of factors that could contribute to omission: the environment in which medicines administration takes place the availability and use of learning disability nurses in these environments the skills required for nurses to help patients with learning disabilities be involved in choices about their medicines. For it's reference event, the investigation looked at the case of Luke, who was detained in a medium secure ward of a mental health hospital. He spent 21 months on the ward before moving into a low secure ward at the same hospital, where he stayed for a further 11 months. Both wards were specifically designated for patients with learning disabilities. While at the hospital, there were a number of periods when Luke was not given the physical health medication he had been prescribed for his diabetes and high cholesterol. Although Luke’s medication record regularly noted that Luke refused the medication, Luke and his Mother disagreed with this version of events, stating that other factors led to Luke’s medicine omissions.
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This is part of our series of Patient Safety Spotlight interviews, where we talk to people working for patient safety about their role and what motivates them. Claire talks to us about her role as a Patient Safety Lead and why she thinks the new Patient Safety Incident Response Framework will make her work more practical and patient-centred. She also describes why she set up the Patient Safety Management Network and highlights why patient safety roles would benefit from more standardisation across trusts.- Posted
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Content ArticleSince the Covid-19 pandemic, staff shortages have worsened in health systems around the world, with an increasing number of healthcare workers leaving the workforce coinciding with increased patient demand. In this blog, Jens Hooiveld, International Marketing Manager at the Patient Safety Company, examines the patient safety issues caused by staffing shortages. He highlights tools that can help nurses manage patient safety in this pressured climate by decreasing the burden of admin associated with reporting adverse incidents.
