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Following the launch of mass vaccination programmes against COVID-19 in a number of counties, after timely development of safe, effective vaccines, the conundrum now is how to tackle anti-vaxxers and...
The original regulator for health care in the guise of the Commission for Healthcare Improvement (CHI) was developed following the Health Act of 1999 with the specific remit of ensuring that clinical...
All NHS trusts have plans in place for dealing with emerging epidemics, which are normally a component of winter pressure preparations and are usually in response to the potential threat of a new...
According to the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), the learning disability nurse workforce has plummeted by over 40% over the past decade (Launder, 2019). The data show that the number of learning...
Following the events at the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust and the subsequent public inquiry (Francis, 2013), new strategies to promote patient safety were introduced across the NHS (Health...
The introduction of the duty of candour was part of the Government's plans to modernise the NHS by making it more accountable and transparent and it remains an enforceable duty for providers to carry...
On the first day of the country's second COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, as I walked through the New Forest, I was able to indulge in ‘forest bathing’, an important aspect of preventive mental health in...
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...
ICN (https://www.icn.ch) is a federation of more than 130 national nurses' associations representing the more than 27 million nurses worldwide. Its primary mission is to represent nursing worldwide,...
Perhaps fearing the worst, the Government announced the creation of the institute last August, when many people were hoping the worst of COVID-19 was over and were enjoying the lifting of lockdown,...
Few readers would have imagined the utter carnage and chaos that would follow in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic as it swept across Europe in the early months of 2020. In a television broadcast on...
Florence Nightingale undoubtedly was the matriarch of the emerging nursing profession in the early years following the establishment of the Nightingale school of nursing in 1860. By this time, nursing...
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