For #selfcareweek watch this short animation on The Circle of Care : A framework to help healthcare professionals think about, practise and demonstrate high quality compassionate healthcare. Circle of Care from Clod Ensemble on Vimeo. […]
A hand to hold. A shoulder to cry on. A gentle touch to reassure. A light to guide you through the darkest hours. […]
Twelve years ago, the first Heart Rhythm Congress took place at the National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham with an invited audience of 850. I am delighted to say that this year, our annual symposium is bigger and better than ever. Due to take place at the ICC in Birmingham between 1-4 October, it will welcome […]
The announcement of additional mental health workers in the NHS by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt may look impressive to the public gaze, however the figures being discussed don’t seem to add up. The ongoing staffing cuts of nurses and front line staff and efficiency savings seem to contradict the pledges of investment to achieve parity […]
Dorothea Crewdson, a Red Cross nurse, was given instructions to leave for northern France in 1915. She spent the next four years as a witness to some of the worst horror of the Great War, yet her diaries, with their beautiful hand-drawn illustrations, sparkle with warmth and humour. #Passchendaele100 […]
New figures from the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) have revealed that more nurses and midwives are leaving the profession in the UK than joining it for the first time on record, with the number departing having risen by 51% in just four years. Earlier this year the Health Service Journal reported that 96% of hospitals […]
An insight into the work of male British nurses in 1948 by British Pathe […]
Should cameras be compulsory in care homes? One firm of solicitors, which specialises in care home negligence claims, is supporting a campaign called ‘Love Our Vulnerable and Elderly’ (LOVE), calling for CCTV systems to be installed in care and residential homes across the country. Their stated aim is to prevent cases of abuse and neglect […]
Adrift and deserted, the disappearance of the crew from the Mary Celeste remains a mystery. Walking onto a hospital ward today, you might also notice a distinct lack of trained staff, especially nurses. Buzzers unanswered, monitors beeping, patients calling out in pain; I have observed doctors being asked for blankets and bedpans. The Institute for […]
SHO medic Omar Hafeez-Bore is director/producer and founder of Short Sharp Productions. His honest, chatty one minute films capture the thoughts and opinions of young UK doctors and nurses. […]
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