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Assessing progress on governance of advanced practice roles
Br J Nurs. 2022 Dec 15;31(22):1159. doi: 10.12968/bjon.2022.31.22.1159.ABSTRACTSam Foster, Chief Nurse, Oxford University Hospitals, considers the issue of governance and quality assurance when it comes to advanced clinical practice.PMID:36519474 | DOI:10.12968/bjon.2022.31.22.1159 (Source: British Journal of Nursing)
Source: British Journal of Nursing - December 15, 2022 Category: Nursing Authors: Sam Foster Source Type: research

Herman Suit, MD, DPhil: Inspirational Physician, Scholar, and Gentleman
Radiation was first used to treat cancer at the beginning of the 20th century, but it was not until the 1950s that radiation oncology emerged as an independent specialty with a unique practice, societies, science, and training. The second half of that century saw the specialty bloom and mature, nurtured by a few colossal figures. One of the last of those giants, Herman Suit, died in July 2022 at the age of 93. Herman was raised and educated in Texas through the 1930s and 1940s before going to Oxford (Oxford University in England) in the 1950s as a mentee of the radiation oncology pioneer Frank Ellis. (Source: International...
Source: International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics - December 14, 2022 Category: Radiology Authors: Anthony L. Zietman, Edward C. Halperin, Thomas F. Delaney Tags: OBITUARY Source Type: research

Jeremy Farrar leaves top job at Wellcome Trust to become chief scientist at WHO
Jeremy Farrar, director of the Wellcome Trust, one of the largest nongovernmental science funders, will step down early next year to become the chief scientist at the World Health Organization (WHO). He will replace Soumya Swaminathan, the first person to hold the post. Swaminathan, a pediatrician, announced last month that she would be leaving to focus on public health in India. During Farrar’s decade at the helm of Wellcome, the organization’s focus has broadened from basic biomedical science to global health concerns, including mental health, the health effects of climate change, and infectious ...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - December 13, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research

Uganda ’s disappearing Ebola outbreak challenges vaccine testing
Last week, Uganda announced uplifting news about the Ebola outbreak that surfaced there in mid-September: The last known patient had recovered and been discharged from a hospital. Health officials hope that signals the spread of the virus has slowed dramatically, if not stopped altogether. Yet the aggressive containment efforts that led to the waning of the outbreak also means a quickly arranged trial of experimental ebolavirus vaccines faces formidable hurdles. The goal of the so-called ring trial is to test the efficacy of the vaccines by giving them to contacts of known cases. But the number of potential participants is...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - December 5, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research

SARS-CoV-2 antibody responses post-vaccination in UK healthcare workers with pre-existing medical conditions: a cohort study
Conclusions Two vaccine doses are effective in generating antibody responses among HCWs, including those with a high occupational risk. However, HCWs with underlying health conditions, especially diabetes, immunosuppression and organ transplant, had lower antibody levels, and vaccine response monitoring may be needed. (Source: BMJ Open)
Source: BMJ Open - December 1, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Ward, V., Wei, J., Gordon, W., Barnes, E., Dunachie, S., Jeffery, K., Eyre, D., ODonnell, A.-M. Tags: Open access, Occupational and environmental medicine, COVID-19 Source Type: research

A long-overdue resource to tackle racism
Br J Nurs. 2022 Nov 24;31(21):1127. doi: 10.12968/bjon.2022.31.21.1127.ABSTRACTSam Foster, Chief Nurse, Oxford University Hospitals, discusses ethnic inequalities among patient groups and the NHS workforce and a resource to raise awareness and help combat racism.PMID:36416637 | DOI:10.12968/bjon.2022.31.21.1127 (Source: British Journal of Nursing)
Source: British Journal of Nursing - November 23, 2022 Category: Nursing Authors: Sam Foster Source Type: research