In extremely hot weather hydration is important! I am proud to say SipTilSend campaign has been up & running in UMHL @ULHospitals for several weeks with great feedback so far! 1st Maternity unit in 🇮🇪 to do so! John Loughrey Roger McMorrow Naro Imcha Chris Elton

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Great news The Queen's Nursing Institute On 12/7 we launched the General Practice Nurse Network for RNs working in General Practice. By midday we had 450 join the network! Please join us for sharing & learning events and helping us to raise your voice & articulate your value qni.org.uk/networks-for-c…

Congratulations to ward 5 Bgh on achieving Platinum LQA. Amazing leadership and team work ⭐️💙🌈 David Melia James Sumner 💙 Fiona Murphy RGN MBE💙🦢 QualityteamLUH

Watch Minister James Timpson's first speech in the House of Lords 👇

This is the lived experience of the Bristol flow model. It is now accepted as the norm in many trusts. Not being able to give care to the standard you expect leads to moral injury for nurses, this is why nurses are leaving the NHS The RCN Prof Jane Ball (FRCN)💙

Great to see Prof Prof Alison Leary 💙#ProtectNurse coming to the #HSJpatientsafety Congress this year. Her James Reason Lecture from 2018 still resonates. WATCH the full lecture entitled "Hope is not a plan: What can healthcare learn from safety critical industries" here >> youtube.com/watch?v=4sqlyv…

Our Nursing Workforce Standards are the first national blueprint for tackling nursing shortages across the UK. Join one of our upcoming webinars to learn how they can be used in your workplace to support the delivery of safe and effective patient care. rcn.org.uk/news-and-event…

The QNI has created a new academic prize named in honour of the late Dame Elizabeth Fradd. The prize is for Community Children's Nurses taking a Specialist Practitioner Qualification (SPQ). Nominations are being accepted now: qni.org.uk/explore-qni/qn…

Loss of bursary, only viable route is now longer, low paid apprenticeships or debt. #Nursing is being deprofessionalised to suppress wages but the effect on patient safety will be (and is) devastating.

We are delighted to announce that our #International #CommunityNurse of the Year #Award is now open! Calling all #NurseManagers: #nominate a colleague now! Deadline for nominations is 22 September. Find out more here👉: qni.org.uk/explore-qni/qn… Please RT Dr Crystal Oldman CBE EdD RN RHV QN FRCN

If you are an The RCN member please consider this. There are several roles up for election that steer the direction of the college and its 400k membership. Its important work-could you stand?

There are no quick fixes for the RN shortage. Low nurse staffing on hospital wards puts patients at risk - our new study shows that temporary staffing provides a partial fix but it's no substitute for a ward that is fully staffed in the first place. jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

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If “Freddie” Flintoff doesn’t get a BAFTA for this series there’s no justice. What he’s done for these young men is immeasurable. What he’s delivered for the viewers is absolute joy. #freddieflintoffsfieldofdreams #FieldOfDreams #freddieflintoff #andrewflintoff #flintoff

The post I made a couple of days ago on the differences between efficiency and productivity has been turned into a superb sketchnote & accompanying blog by Tanmay Vora ✍: qaspire.com/efficiency-and…. For those who couldn't open the original article by Avi Siegal, here's another link:

Love this approach Dan and great to see Pete T leading the way for Aintree 👏👏

I really like this new article on psychological safety (a belief that we can speak up, take risks & make mistakes without fear of being judged, humiliated or punished) at work. It sets out a series of activities/approaches that all of us can use to build psychological safety in

ANGI BELL RN, DN, BSc, QN Prof Alison Leary 💙#ProtectNurse Nottinghamshire Healthcare Please come to the QNI Safer Staffing webinar & make your voice heard & hear what is happening at NHS England nationally from Paul Vaughan qni.org.uk/news-and-event…

Why nurses leave… and why EARLY CAREER nurses (within 5 yrs of registration) leave. Listening to Fiona Bastow present on research into those who have left #RCNResearch24 Relevant to England’s N50k and long term workforce plan. Zoé Ejebu anne marie rafferty