Helping nurses to provide optimum care in the second wave of the pandemic

A new report from The King's Fund (West et al, 2020) focuses on the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic is having on the nursing, midwifery and social care workforce and looks at how workplaces can be transformed to enable staff to deliver compassionate, high-quality care. The review, The Courage of Compassion: Supporting nurses and midwives to deliver high-quality care, was commissioned by the independent charity the Royal College of Nursing Foundation (which is part of the Royal College).

The King's Fund was founded in 1897 with a primary mandate to raise money for London's voluntary hospitals. Today, the charity's wide-ranging activities are oriented towards influencing the development of health care and fostering good practice throughout the NHS.

It aims to influence healthcare development at all levels from national policymakers through to helping frontline staff deliver optimum care in hospitals and the community. Under the banner ‘Ideas that change health and care’ the charity's website (https://www.kingsfund.org.uk) is a repository for a wide range of useful documents, blogs and audio recordings that provides a wealth of information for nurses and others in the healthcare team.