Nursing Update Newsletter

Further information about the report is available at - dignityincare...

The Department of Health presentation from our previous conference is currently available here

Nurse Facilitated Discharge.  Nurse-led discharge is one of the key components to freeing up the beds required to meet the 18-week referral-to-treatment time target for 2008. The Fifth annual conference, chaired by Liz Lees (editor of ‘Nurse Facilitated Hospital Discharge’ and led the publication of the Department of Health toolkit ‘Achieving Timely Simple Discharge from Hospital’) focuses on developing and implementing nurse facilitated discharge, extending nursing skills, and reducing delayed transfers of care to deliver the 18-week patient pathway.

The Department of Health presentation from our previous conference is currently available here

Effective Nurse Director.  Dr Peter Carter OBE, General Secretary, Royal College of Nursing, will open this popular national conference, discussing the essential role of Nursing Director’s in today’s NHS. Maureen Morgan, Working Group Co-Chair, ‘Handling Concerns about the Performance of Healthcare Professionals’ will address ‘managing performance, supporting nurses and nursing revalidation’.

Suitable for current and aspiring Nurse Directors.

Managing Performance and Supporting Nurses in Difficulty.  With the publication of The White Paper on the Regulation of Healthcare Professionals earlier this year, the Department of Health released ‘Handling Concerns about the Performance of Healthcare Professionals’. Compiled to ensure practitioners are handled sensitively and feel they are treated fairly when performance concerns arise.

The publication is available at - PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance...

This fourth national conference looks at Implementing the recommendations from ‘Handling Concerns’ and The White Paper. Chaired by Jane McCready, Board Chair, RCN Scotland, keynote speakers include Maureen Morgan, Working Group Co-Chair, ‘Handling Concerns about the Performance of Healthcare Professionals’ and Audrey Cowie Professional Adviser on Regulation and Workforce Standards, Scottish Government Health Directorates.

Monitoring and Assessing Acutely Ill Patients on the Wards.  The NPSA highlighted the issue of patient deterioration in July 2007 with its report ‘Safer care for the acutely ill patient: learning from serious incidents’, which included a detailed analysis of 576 deaths, reported to the NRLS over a year. More than 11% of these deaths related to patient deterioration not recognised or acted upon. Together with NICE guidance released at the same time, an emphasis has been placed on improving patient safety by recognising and responding to acutely ill patients.

With an opening keynote introduction from the RCN President Maura Buchanan, this conference looks at the nursing contribution to implementing the recommendations of the NICE guidance and the NPSA report.

Maura recently gave an interview to Saferhealthcare about the role of nursing in recognising signs of patient deterioration, and the value of nurses in protecting the safety of acutely ill patients in hospital. The interview with Maura Buchanan is available at - Saferhealthcare...

Effective Ward Manager.  Releasing time to care: The Productive Ward, launched earlier this year focuses on improving ward processes and environments to help nurses spend more time on patient care thereby improve safety and efficiency. Further information is available at http://www.institute.nhs.uk/quality_and_value/productivity_series/productive_ward.html.

The Productive Ward programme has been implemented at Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Cathy Adcock, Improvement Manager at the Trust will present an overview at the conference. Delegates will also have the opportunity to hear about the ‘Star Wards initiatives’ implemented in South Staffordshire. Further information is available at http://starwards.org.uk/

Suitable for current and aspiring Ward Managers

The fourth national conference takes a positive look at minimising risk and focusing on active healthy lifestyles.

Chaired by Professor Chris Todd Director Prevention of Falls Network Europe (ProFaNE), the one-day two stream event will give delegates the opportunity to attend presentations, workshops and focus issues relating to their area of interest.

Professor Todd’s presentation from our previous conference is available here, further information can be found at http://www.profane.eu.org/

Philippa Robinson 18 Weeks National Implementation Director Department of Health will discuss the importance of developing nurse led pre-assessment to meet the 18-week target.

A presentation given by Philippa at a previous conference is available here

Chaired by Jane Jackson Chair Preoperative Association, the conference will also cover setting up and running nurse led pre-assessment and look at career development opportunities for those working in pre-assessment.

Patient Safety on the Wards.  Further information to follow.

Read the Chief Nursing Officer’s view on the importance of patient safety and how effective leadership can improve standards of care in the October 07 edition of the CNO’s bulleting, available at http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Bulletins/Chiefnursingofficerbulletin/DH_079344

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Nurse Clinics 2008.  The premier conference and exhibition for nurses running effective clinics and services.  Further information to follow.

Call for Abstracts. We are opening up part of the conference to abstracts; which Healthcare Events will assess for inclusion in the conference programme as an oral presentation or poster display. 

For more information and a submission form, please click here

Conference date: Wednesday 15 October Venue: Manchester Central Convention Complex, Manchester.