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The right mix?
Oct 01, 2008; Norman, Alison ... A key debate on skill mix is due to be take place at the annual professional conference in Harrogate on 20 to 22 November Skill mix has always been a feature of good health care. In hospitals and communities, war zones and disaster areas, different professionals and other skilled workers ...
More nurses needed for HPV scheme
Oct 01, 2008; Anonymous ... Concerns remain over a lack of nurses and increased workloads in implementing the HPV vaccination programme, despite extra funding Unite/CPHVA is concerned that there are not enough qualified nurses to implement the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination scheme. Unite/CPHVA ...
Action for pay
Oct 01, 2008; Anonymous ... Unite showed its support for the TUC campaign against the government's public sector pay policy at the congress' annual conference last month. Unite assistant general secretary Gail Cartmail stated: 'The frustration and anger expressed during the TUC congress debate on public sector pay ...
NMC Council meeting
Oct 01, 2008; Anonymous ... At the NMC Council meeting last month, Unite/CPHVA lead professional officer Obi Amadi questioned discussions over the remuneration of new Council members. She stated that it was an 'inappropriate time' to discuss remuneration of the new Council, as the NMC's action plan in response to ...
Cuts leave children vulnerable
Oct 01, 2008; Anonymous ... Unite/CPHV's omnibus survey has found that 69.2% of health visitors feel they do not have sufficient resources to respond to the needs of vulnerable children. Unite/CPHVA lead professional officer Cheryll Adams stated: 'So-called "modernising" policies of creating corporate teamworking ...
Get your tickets for conference
Oct 01, 2008; Anonymous ... This year's annual conference held in Harrogate from 20 to 22 November has increased its programme to include speakers on Saturday. Unite/CPHVA professional officer Briege Coyle stated: 'We are very keen to demonstrate our commitment to supporting the Children's Plan. This section of the ...
Plans to improve palliative care
Oct 01, 2008; Anonymous ... A new action plan for palliative care services in Scotland will be published this month, after a report from Audit Scotland stated that palliative care services need to improve. Unite/CPHVA professional officer Gavin Fergie stated: One would hope that patients with life-limiting or ...
NEWS: IN BRIEF...
Oct 01, 2008; Anonymous ... Welsh 'family nurse' consultation The Welsh Assembly Government has launched a consultation into a new family nurse' role for schools. The closing date is 5 December. For details, please see: www.wales.gov.uk/health Community staff nurse competencies The Hearth Visitors ...
Child care worse in deprived areas
Oct 01, 2008; Anonymous ... A report from Ofsted has found that childcare settings including nurseries and childminders have improved over the last three years in England, but standards are lower in deprived areas. Unite/CPHVA professional officer Maggie Fisher stated: 'We work locally and nationally with the ...
Cholesterol tests for children
Oct 01, 2008; Anonymous ... Under new guidelines published by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, practice nurses may be required to test children of families with familial hypercholesterolaemia. Unite/CPHVA professional officer Dave Munday stated: 'The new guidance is welcomed, but as with ...
Public transport rate victory
Oct 01, 2008; Anonymous ... Unite has successfully negotiated new public transport rates with Lincolnshire Primary Care Trust (LPCT). Unite health sector lead officer for nursing Barrie Brown stated: 'The agreement reached with LPCT sends an encouraging message that staff should not be expected to subsidise the NHS ...
School meal standards
Oct 01, 2008; Anonymous ... The Department for Children, Schools and Families has announced new standards for school meals in England. Unite/CPHVA professional officer Rosalind Godson stated: 'It is excellent that the quality of school meals is going to improve. School nurses should make sure that school meals are ...
NMC nursing education
Oct 01, 2008; Anonymous ... The NMC will be developing a new framework for pre-registration nursing education after agreeing on a set of principles that reflects the Department of Health's Modernising Nursing Careers initiative. Unite/CPHVA Education Sub-Committee chair Margaret Wade stated: 'The proposed principle ...
Member's corner
Oct 01, 2008; Anonymous ... The QNI Queen's Nurse title goes to ... Former community nurse manager Kay Kane is among 12 people due to become a Queen's Nurse this month. The Queen's Nursing Institute (QNI) is honouring Kay for her high level of commitment to patient-centred values. Kay left the NHS in September to ...
Ready for action
Oct 01, 2008; Anonymous ... At meetings up and down the country, members have been expressing willingness to take industrial action over fair pay An overwhelming number of public sector Unite members attending regional activist meetings have been sharing their outrage over the 'derisory" pay award that was imposed ...
Members set the agenda
Oct 01, 2008; Roberts, Angela ... Updating Unite/CPHVA's professional agenda At the last annual Unite/CPHVA conference in Torquay, representatives attending the Annual National Professional Forum (ANPF) debated questions that had been collected from members through this journal and local professional forum Green pages ....
Innovations in school nursing
Oct 01, 2008; Godson, Rosalind ... Northern Ireland School Nursing Conference The 9th Unite/CPHVA Northern Ireland (NI) School Nursing Conference was held in Belfast last month, themed 'Children and young people: a public health challenge?' It included government updates and fascinating input from practitioners on many ...
Militating for good health care
Oct 01, 2008; Ly, Kin ... With concerns over whether the government's new service command paper will improve health care for the military and their families, a member of an army family and a military-based school nurse share their experiences The Defence Committee's seventh report of 2007 to 2008(1) stated that ...
Distance learning: the future of continuing professional development
Oct 01, 2008; Southernwood, Julie ... Abstract The recent development of a market economy in higher education has resulted in the need to tailor the product to the customers, namely students, employers and commissioning bodies. Distance learning is an opportunity for nurse educators and institutions to address marketing ...
Maternal expectations: do they match experience?
Oct 01, 2008; Young, Eleanor ... Abstract This qualitative research project aimed to explore maternal expectations toward motherhood and compare these to actual experience, in order to identify where expectations were not being met and inform the improvement of services. The project involved two focus groups ...