Nursing policy and leadership: the view from the Department of Health Dr David Foster Head of the Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions Policy Unit Department of Health 1
National nursing leadership Jane Cummings Chief Nursing Officer England Viv Bennett Chief Nurse Public Health England David Foster Department of Health Peter Blythin Trust Development Authority Ruth May Monitor Dame Eileen Sills National Guardian Lisa Bayliss-Pratt Health Education England 2
National nursing leaders and influencers Janet Davies Royal College of Nursing Baroness Emerton Jackie Smith Nursing and Midwifery Council Gail Adams UNISON Baroness Watkins Dame Christine Beasley 3
Nursing, midwifery and care staff strategy Leading Change, Adding Value The nursing and midwifery contribution to Five Year Forward View Population health and prevention The personalisation agenda Ensuring productivity, safety and effective staffing Optimising service transformation, innovation and improvement Building and sustaining the future workforce 4
Prevent avoidable disease, Protect health, Promote wellbeing resilience 5 5 Antimicrobial Stewardship the role of nurses and midwives Antimicrobial stewardship aims to: Promote the appropriate use of antimicrobials Reduce AMR and decrease the spread of infections caused by multidrug resistant organisms Improve patient safety and outcomes Responsibilities of nurses and midwives: Educating the public and healthcare professionals in the prudent use of antimicrobials Prudent prescribing Promoting immunisation Improving surveillance Preventing and controlling infection Becoming Antibiotic Guardians
Lord Carter s review Operational productivity and performance in English NHS acute hospitals: unwarranted variations Care hours per patient day rather than nursing hours per patient day Average 9.1hours of care provided by registered nurses and healthcare support workers per patient day but variation is from 6.33 to 15.48 hours National Quality Board safe staffing Wales safe staffing Bill 6
Dame Eileen Sills National guardian for the freedom to speak up Sir Robert Francis review and recommendation and statutory duty of candour Purpose: to work in partnership with CQC, NHS England and NHS Improvement to reinforce good practice and take an independent stand to report on any matters of concern affecting these bodies where required raising and responding to concerns so that it becomes a valued and normal part of working in the NHS 7
Nursing associates Nursing associates will be introduced next year to work alongside healthcare support workers and fully qualified nurses focusing on patient care. The role will bridge the gap between healthcare support workers who have a care certificate and registered nurses The role, which could also be a new route for those wishing to become a registered nurse Proposals will see staff trained through this route learning on the job via an apprenticeship leading to a foundation degree. The government will also look at what opportunities there are for staff in this role to progress to become a registered nurse through either a degree level nurse apprenticeship or a shortened nursing degree at university Up to 1,000 nursing associates could be trained from 2016 Consultation on the HEE website until 11 th March 2016 8
NHS bursary reform 825m a year (tuition fees, bursaries, clinical placements) 60,000 students in England Universities will be able to offer up to 10,000 additional training places over this parliament Consultation coming 9
The NMC Code The Code: states professional standards that registered nurses and midwives must uphold should be seen as a way of reinforcing professionalism has four themes prioritise people practise effectively preserve safety promote professionalism and trust 10
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