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Emeritus Professor from the University of Southampton
Out of necessity, human mothers have been known to breastfeed other animals such as piglets (Simoons and Baldwin, 1982), and before the invention of rubber-teated glass bottles it was not uncommon for...
The importance of innovation in health care cannot be overestimated and, since the dawn of communication technology and the invention of the telephone, the healthcare industry has endeavoured to...
Since revelations about failings in care at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, where 400–1200 patients died between 2005 and 2009, the NHS has endeavoured to improve its safety record. The Mid...
Ever since the creation of the General Nursing Council (GNC) in December 1919 the nursing profession has been beleaguered by staff shortages. The passing of the Nurses Bill, which paved the way for a...
One of the specific domains examined by CQC inspectors is safety. The safety domain encompasses many components and key lines of enquiry, but several of them pertain to cleanliness, infection control...
Falls among older adults is a global phenomenon. The World Health Organization (WHO) (2018) suggests that falls are the second leading cause of accidental death; there are 646 000 annual fatalities,...
Bliss was launched in 1979, initially to raise money for equipment such as incubators for premature babies and those requiring care in neonatal units. The charity has since provided much more than...
In context to the evolution of CQC hospital inspections, the Francis (2013) inquiry report was published in February 2013 and examined the causes of failings in care at Mid Staffordshire NHS...
It is important to stress that public fear of immunisation is as old as the history of vaccination itself. Since Edward Jenner's groundbreaking work in 1796 using lymph from cowpox blisters to...
Under the auspices of the new NMC standards for nursing, the term ‘mentor’ is to be phased out and replaced with ‘practice assessors’, ‘practice supervisors’ and ‘academic assessors’. Unlike the...
The NHS Parliamentary Awards are configured in 10 categories, including a lifetime achievement award. Successful staff members will be invited to parliament to receive their awards. In 2018, more than...
Many nurses and other health professionals work in emotionally challenging situations, providing optimum care to service users day to day. It is interesting to note that the founder of modern nursing,...
Throughout history, the way society has treated people with learning disabilities and autism has not always been equitable (Open University, 2019). Throughout most of the 19th century people did not...
With 4500 suicides each year in England, this equates approximately to one person dying every 2 hours as a result of suicide. When someone is so emotionally troubled as to take their own life, the...
The use of technology to manage care is as old as the use of the telephone itself. In fact, the first recorded use of telephone technology in health care occurred in 1879 when a doctor was able to...
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