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More nursing staff could be needed by urgent, acute and emergency care departments as a nationwide move to seven-day services gets under way. NHS England medical director Sir Bruce Keogh’s plan to tackle an increase in weekend and night-time mortality rates calls for routine services to be available every day of the week. But the immediate goal is to transform urgent and emergency care services in England. Chair of the Association of UK University Hospitals (AUKAH) Nursing Directors Mandy Bailey says that seven-day working has many benefits for nurses, but resources and support are vital. RESOURCES
NOTICE BOARD
RCN Emergency Care Association tinyurl.com/RCNECA BMA position on seven day working tinyurl.com/BMA7days
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Seven-day working has much to offer nursing services and hospital patients, as Stephanie Jones-Berry discovers
Director of nursing Debbie Reape (left) and chief matron Elaine Henderson say seven-day consultant-led working has been successful at their trust
Ms Bailey, who is also chief nurse at University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust, says: ‘It is not only ward nurses and doctors who are affected, but areas such as pharmacy and radiology, and other support services. ‘Seven-day working already operates in some specialties. Decision making is quicker and more senior staff are on duty. ‘Consultant presence provides more support for junior nurses and more senior decision makers will result in fewer admissions and more discharges at weekends,’ she says.
Free online Online social learning platform Future Learn is offering free, online courses exploring contemporary health issues for healthcare professionals wanting to refresh their knowledge. The programme includes Obesity: Causes and Consequences, a four-week course from the University of Reading, and Swallowing Difficulties and Medicines from the University of East Anglia, covering a range of issues relating to medicines administration. Both courses start on June 9. www.futurelearn.com Leadership Because You Care, a new leadership programme from the NHS Leadership Academy, is designed to support clinical nurses and midwives to have a greater influence on the way care is delivered. The programme helps nurses reflect
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However, RCN senior employment relations adviser Kim Sunley cautions: ‘Hospitals have different shift systems in place and no one-size-fits-all.
Skill mix
‘Some nurses currently working office hours, for example, will perhaps have to move to shift systems, but without any detail at this stage it is hard to tell.’ British Medical Association consultant committee chair Paul Flynn says patient care should be the same quality across seven days. ‘Delivering seven-day services will require more NHS staff with the right skill mix being
on their strengths, their role and how they can use their core capabilities to analyse systems of patient care and make strategic and lasting improvements. Applications are taken on a first-come, first-served basis. tinyurl.com/NHSLeadfrontline Conference The National Care Forum will hold a conference on Dementia: Innovation at the Barbican Centre, London, on July 3. The conference is for anyone involved with or affected by dementia and interested in the latest developments. It will bring together professionals from health and social care, academia, the wider public, private and third sectors, and those living with dementia. Seminar sessions will cover themes such as innovations in care and support, diagnosis and rehabilitation. tinyurl.com/ Dementia-innovation
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More nursing staff could be needed by urgent, acute and emergency care departments as a nationwide move to seven-day services gets under way. NHS England medical director Sir Bruce Keogh’s plan to tackle an increase in weekend and night-time mortality rates calls for routine services to be available every day of the week. But the immediate goal is to transform urgent and emergency care services in England. Chair of the Association of UK University Hospitals (AUKAH) Nursing Directors Mandy Bailey says that seven-day working has many benefits for nurses, but resources and support are vital. RESOURCES
NOTICE BOARD
RCN Emergency Care Association tinyurl.com/RCNECA BMA position on seven day working tinyurl.com/BMA7days
JIM VARNEY
Seven-day working has much to offer nursing services and hospital patients, as Stephanie Jones-Berry discovers
Director of nursing Debbie Reape (left) and chief matron Elaine Henderson say seven-day consultant-led working has been successful at their trust
Ms Bailey, who is also chief nurse at University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust, says: ‘It is not only ward nurses and doctors who are affected, but areas such as pharmacy and radiology, and other support services. ‘Seven-day working already operates in some specialties. Decision making is quicker and more senior staff are on duty. ‘Consultant presence provides more support for junior nurses and more senior decision makers will result in fewer admissions and more discharges at weekends,’ she says.
Free online Online social learning platform Future Learn is offering free, online courses exploring contemporary health issues for healthcare professionals wanting to refresh their knowledge. The programme includes Obesity: Causes and Consequences, a four-week course from the University of Reading, and Swallowing Difficulties and Medicines from the University of East Anglia, covering a range of issues relating to medicines administration. Both courses start on June 9. www.futurelearn.com Leadership Because You Care, a new leadership programme from the NHS Leadership Academy, is designed to support clinical nurses and midwives to have a greater influence on the way care is delivered. The programme helps nurses reflect
64 may 14 :: vol 28 no 37 :: 2014
However, RCN senior employment relations adviser Kim Sunley cautions: ‘Hospitals have different shift systems in place and no one-size-fits-all.
Skill mix
‘Some nurses currently working office hours, for example, will perhaps have to move to shift systems, but without any detail at this stage it is hard to tell.’ British Medical Association consultant committee chair Paul Flynn says patient care should be the same quality across seven days. ‘Delivering seven-day services will require more NHS staff with the right skill mix being
on their strengths, their role and how they can use their core capabilities to analyse systems of patient care and make strategic and lasting improvements. Applications are taken on a first-come, first-served basis. tinyurl.com/NHSLeadfrontline Conference The National Care Forum will hold a conference on Dementia: Innovation at the Barbican Centre, London, on July 3. The conference is for anyone involved with or affected by dementia and interested in the latest developments. It will bring together professionals from health and social care, academia, the wider public, private and third sectors, and those living with dementia. Seminar sessions will cover themes such as innovations in care and support, diagnosis and rehabilitation. tinyurl.com/ Dementia-innovation
NURSING STANDARD
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