This week’s blog has been written by Mr Alwin Puthenpurakal, Senior Lecturer and Researcher at the University of Greenwhich. As we approach the end of 2024, the NHS finds itself at a critical juncture. The healthcare system is under significant pressure due to growing patient demands, a shortage of workforce, rising costs, and the lingering […]
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Online safeguarding training: Where is the evidence of its effectiveness?
Dr. Rosemary Godbold, Dr. Lisa Whiting, Honey-Anne Greco, Dr. Anthony Herbland R.Godbold@herts.ac.uk This week’s blog comes from a group from Hertfordshire who have been working to develop a greater understanding of the efficacy of online safeguarding training. Safeguarding training has always underpinned health and social care practices and has been mandatory for those working with at […]
Clinical supervision for the nursing and midwifery workforce in Scotland: Getting ready for a ‘once for Scotland’ approach
In this week’s blog, Christine Strange discusses NHS Scotland’s approach to ensuring all nurses and midwives can access high-quality clinical supervision. Participating in clinical supervision is fundamental to supporting me to develop within my role. In Scotland it is a national ambition that every nurse and midwife should have access to clinical supervision whatever […]
Sexual and/or gender minority parents accessing healthcare for their children; it’s not new but we’re still not getting it right!
In this week’s blog Lucy Kelsall-Knight (Associate Professor Children’s Nursing at the University of Birmingham) talk about Sexual and/or gender minority parents accessing healthcare for their children. Family dynamics have changed over the last 20 years in the United Kingdom (UK) and it is now more common for parents to identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, […]
Developing red flags for suicide from linked information to better support clinical judgement and prevent young person suicide
In this week’s blog Nadine Dougall (Professor at Edinburgh Napier University) and Jan Savinc (Research Fellow at Edinburgh Napier University) share their work looking at childhood adversity and mental health admissions to hospital prior to suicide (The CHASE study). Suicide is a major cause of death for young people worldwide, with wide-ranging impacts relevant to […]
Culturally Appropriate Care In Midwifery Education
This is the third blog in our series on maternity inequalities and comes from midwifery educators Olamide Solanke and Joanna Andrews. This week considers how we might realise equity in care through Education. Joanna Andrews is a Senior Instructor of Midwifery at Fatima College of Health Science in UAE, and Oalmide Solanke is a […]
Dying and Death in intensive care unit in South Korea
Dr Hye Ri Choi is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Hong Kong. She earned her PhD from the University of Edinburgh in 2021. Dr Choi’s research focuses on qualitative approaches in the fields of palliative care and critical care One of my clinical experiences in a South Korean intensive care unit (ICU) that […]
International Day of the Midwife 2024; reflecting on midwifery’s position in the global community in the era of climate change.
By Elizabeth Bailey, EBN’s Associate Editor for Midwifery and Women’s Health The 5th May marks International Day of the Midwife. This is an opportunity to reflect on the contribution the profession of midwifery makes to the global community. For midwives, it is an opportunity to celebrate the work of colleagues and contemporaries around the world […]
‘What was I made for?’ Navigating the a clinical academic career as an early career researcher.
This week’s blog is part of the ‘Early Career Researchers'(ECRs) theme. Dr Gearóid Brennan is the Lead Psychiatric Liaison Nurse at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. He is an early career researcher, having achieved his PhD in 2021. Gearóid reflects on his journey of being an ECR while maintaining a clinical career and offers some […]
Empowering patients and families to escalate worries and concerns.
The NHS England pilot project at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust In this week’s blog Debra Ritsperis Head of Quality @DRitsperis, Isolde Newbury ACRT @AcuteResponse, Rebecca Wood Paediatric Matron @becky_RWood, Kaylea Roffe Data Manager @roffe_kaylea, Natalie Tomms Communications Lead, Dr Kerry Gaskin @GaskinKerry, outline how the project team including Suzie Cro Deputy Director of Quality […]