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Abstract:
The National Guardian's Office has published national guidelines for Freedom to
Speak Up (FTSU) training.
The
guidelines, designed to be used by individuals or organisations commissioning
or delivering FTSU training, aim to improve the quality, clarity and
consistency of speaking up training across the health sector in England.
Employers
are encouraged to bring existing training in line with these guidelines.
Source:
NHS Employers 2019; [Freely available online]
Abstract:
This whistleblowing disclosures report, written jointly with other health care
professional regulators, aims to show how disclosures are handled, action taken
about these issues, and to improve collaboration across the health sector. As
each regulator has different statutory responsibilities and operating models, a
list of actions has been devised that can accurately describe the handling of
disclosures in each organisation.
Source:
Healthcare professional regulators; 2019 [Freely available online]
Abstract:
Emeritus Professor Alan Glasper, from the University of Southampton, discusses
polices and strategies used to tackle bullying and incivility within nursing.
Source:
British Journal of Nursing 2018; 27(22): 1336-1337
Abstract:
Frontline staff are well placed to identify failings in care, but speaking up
requires a supportive
organisational
culture to be effective, say Russell Mannion and Huw Davies.
Source:
BMJ 2019; 366 [Published 19 August 2019]
Abstract:
This research finds that nurses, care
assistants, cleaners and other NHS staff have suffered lewd sexual insults,
groping and even rape while at work. The findings are taken from a much larger
survey of 8,000 health workers and their experiences at work. It highlights the
psychological trauma suffered by the 700 staff who responded to say they’d
suffered sexual harassment in the past year.
Source:
UNISON; 2019 [Freely available online]
Abstract: Russell Mannion and Huw Davies explore how notions of culture relate
to service performance,
quality, safety, and improvement.
Source: BMJ 2019; 363 [Published 28 November 2018]
Celebrate me:
capturing the voices of learning disability nurses and people who use services
Abstract:
The purpose of this initiative was to engage with nurses and people
using services to gather evidence and demonstrate the impact of learning
disability nursing, from experience, to help sustain its future. The outcomes
from the extensive engagement initiative have highlighted everything that can
be celebrated about learning disability nursing (the impact) and what
needs to be championed for the future (to sustain it), from the voices of
learning disability nurses and those of people with a learning disability and
their families.
Source: Foundation
of Nursing Studies; 2019 [Freely available online]
Abstract:
Sam Foster, Chief Nurse, Oxford University Hospitals, discusses ‘compassionate
leadership’, an approach that aims to allow staff to provide the best care for patients
by listening to and acting on staff concerns.
Source:
British Journal of Nursing 2019; 28(16): 1099
Abstract: The author
suggests that redesigning job roles and fostering a flexible work culture would
offer staff a better work-life balance and reduce NHS staff turnover.
Source: British
Journal of Nursing 2019; 28(9): 601
Abstract: The chief nursing officers for England,
Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales celebrate International Nurses Day and
nurses' essential role in ensuring high-quality care for all.
Source: British
Journal of Nursing 2019; 28(9): 568-570
Abstract: The National Quality Board (NQB) publication,
Supporting NHS providers to deliver the right staff, with the right skills, in
the right place at the right time: safe, sustainable and productive staffing
(NQB, 2019), outlines the expectations and framework within which decisions on
safe and sustainable staffing should be made to support the delivery of safe,
effective, caring, responsive and well-led care on a sustainable basis.
Source: British Journal of
Healthcare Assistants 2019; 13(2):61–65
Abstract: Of the NHS sites
declared ‘surplus’ in England in 2017–18, 23 have the capacity for more than 80
homes. Among the findings of this research on those sites: only 5 per cent of
the homes built on sold-off NHS land will be for genuinely affordable social
rent; 30 per cent of the sites have plans for no affordable housing at all; and
61 per cent have plans that include no socially rented housing – widely
understood as the only housing that is genuinely affordable to people on low
incomes; and of the planned homes to be built for sale on NHS land, two thirds
will be unaffordable to a nurse on an average salary. And where they could
afford the mortgage repayments, a nurse would have to save for an average of 35
years to afford the deposit.
Source: New Economics Foundation; 2019 [Freely available online]
Abstract: This report, written in
conjunction with the Royal College of Nursing, calls for urgent investment in
district nursing, as new figures show the number of district nurses working in
the NHS has dropped by almost 43 per cent in England in the past 10 years. It
explores all the elements that need to be in place to support an outstanding
district nursing service.
Source: Queen's
Nursing Institute; 2019 [Freely available online]
Abstract:
Ambitions to scale up the number of nursing students across the NHS set out
within the NHS Long Term Plan and the Interim People Plan will require services
to increase the number clinical placements they offer. Understandably there is
some apprehension about how additional capacity can be generated. This briefing
provides an insight into some of the strategies and ideas being explored by
employers to increase placement capacity and offers some options for you to
consider.
Source: British
Journal of Healthcare Assistants 2019; 13(5): 242–245
Abstract: The Government has
made a pledge to revamp the support mechanisms for NHS staff experiencing
mental health problems. Many staff in the NHS is exposed to and witness scenes
of emotional distress, often on a daily basis. Pivotal to protecting the mental
health of NHS staff is the appointment of new wellbeing guardians within NHS
establishments.
Source: British
Journal of Community Nursing 2019; 24(5): 244 - 247
Abstract:
This is the first study to investigate the
impact of the policy of charging ‘overseas visitors’ for NHS care on midwives’
practice or professional responsibilities. This study aimed to explore
midwives’ experience of looking after women who had been charged, especially in
relation to the impact of NHS charging on their professional practice.
Source:
Maternity Action; 2019 [Freely available
online]
Abstract:
This report explores the variations in structure and organisation of the
nursing workforce across the different countries of Europe. As health systems
shift radically in response to rising demand, the role of nurses becomes even
more important. The report is part of a two-volume study on the contributions
that nurses make to strengthening health systems. Its aim is to raise the
profile of nursing within health policy and draw the attention of
decision-makers.
Source: European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies; 2019 [Freely
available online]
