The Higher Education Dementia Network has commented that student nurses are failing to be taught about dementia care to the same standard due to inconsistent approaches by regulators. The Nursing Times has reported on the remarks including that the group says that there is a risk that that there may be different levels of knowledge, skills, competencies and attitudes towards caring for people with dementia.
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A national audit of inpatient falls by the Royal College of Physicians is currently contracted and covers falls prevention through audit and quality improvement. The audit is on their website and was started in 2015.
MBRACCE-UK have launched the third MBRRACE-UK Perinatal Confidential Enquiry Report; Term singleton, intrapartum stillbirth and intrapartum related neonatal death.
The full report and the executive summary, together with the lay summary and an infographic illustrating the headline findings can be downloaded from the MBRRACE-UK website.
Two progress reports- one into an investigation into the care and treatment of patients on Tawel Fan ward and the second – a wider review of governance across older persons mental health was presented to members of Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board on the 9th November 2017.
The findings of the independent investigation by HASCAS and the Ockenden review of governance will be published in March of next year. Donna Ockenden completed the first report into Tawel Fan ward in September 2014 with the number of cases under review by HASCAS now at 108. Donna Ockenden has engaged with 100 service users or their representatives and 120 current and former members of staff at BCUHB as part of this second piece of work.
Researchers at the Universities of Bristol and Oxford found that the risk of emergency hospital admission was more than twice as high for patients with the least continuity of care compared with those with high continuity of care.
The Daily Telegraph writes that official government figures show that more than 1,000 cases of suspected abuse of vulnerable adults are now being reported every day. The Care Quality Commission heavily criticised the care home sector earlier this year, after finding than one in four care homes in England was unsafe.
The main topic of discussion at the Health Select Committee this week was the 60% cut to continuing professional development (CPD) The Nursing Times reported that Jackie Smith warned that ‘the reduction in funding for training nurses throughout their careers was contributing to them feeling undervalued.’
The Nursing Times reports that Jackie Smith, chief executive and registrar of the Nursing and Midwifery Council has called on nurses and midwives to get their flu jab ahead of the coming winter period. The NMC strongly encourage all nurses and midwives to receive their flu jab as influenza is a highly contagious illness and the flu season this year could be worse than in previous years.
Twelve mental health bodies have written an open letter urging ministers they ‘cannot go on’ with so many patients ‘locked out’ of vital services. The leading charities requested the Government address the ‘crisis’ of mental health services in UK say The Independent.
A new confidential enquiry (ESMiE) reviewing intrapartum-related perinatal deaths in births planned in midwifery-led settings in England and Wales has started. This ESMiE enquiry is closely related to the topic of this year’s MBRRACE-UK perinatal confidential enquiry, but ESMiE will focus specifically on perinatal deaths that occur in births planned in midwifery units and at home
The National Pregnancy in Diabetes (NPID) Audit aims to support clinical teams to deliver better care and outcomes for women with diabetes who become pregnant. The Programme has moved to being a directed programme by NHS England. The 2016 report has now been published online.
The new options for nurses and midwives to demonstrate that they can communicate in English to the standard required for safe and effective practice has gone live this month. This is for nurses and midwives who have been trained outside the UK and means the Occupational English Test (OET) in addition to IELTS will now be accepted.