Within the support offered to families, I applied many tools, including the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (Warwick Medical School, 2021), Outcome Stars (Triangle Consulting Social...
Rob Behrens, the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO), gave evidence to the Times Health Commission (Sylvester, 2023a; 2023b). This was a controversial session during which the PHSO...
This month, I joined a panel to discuss NHS England's NHS Long Term Workforce Plan (NHS England, 2023). The chair of the panel welcomed the plan, highlighting that significant funding was available to...
This study used linked health record and hospital admissions data to estimate the post-discharge and ongoing HCRU and healthcare costs associated with stomas in the UK. Compared with age- and...
At the beginning of October, Brighton played host to the Association of Stoma Care Nurses UK (ASCN UK) Annual Conference and 10-year anniversary celebrations. This year's theme ‘Making waves and...
The protocol and all study documents were approved by the North of Scotland Ethics Committee on 06 February 2020 (REC reference 20/NS/0007)..
Our NHS, in its 75th year, the people who it serves and the people who serve in it, are not in good health. The unrelenting pressures on our NHS are seen as the main cause of a rise in staff illness....
In early 2023, I fancied a new challenge after 14 years working as a senior nursing lecturer in academia. Only 3 months into the role of Regional Senior Nurse (RSN), for one of the largest social care...
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, nurses – particularly those working intensive care units (ICUs) – played a pivotal role in the care of patients, (Labrague and Santos, 2021). The health emergency...
Alzheimer's is a neurodegenerative disorder affecting approximately 50 million people worldwide (Breijyeh and Karaman, 2020), making it the most common cause of dementia among older adults. The...
The concept of ‘Call 4 Concern©’ (C4C) was introduced at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in 2009 (Odell, 2009; 2019). The service was inspired by the Condition H(elp) system at the University of...
‘Over the past year I have learnt so many new skills, including ear care, smoking cessation support and cervical screening’.
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