Nursing and midwifery national job profile review: evidence report
This report is the output from the evid ence gathering stage of the review project.ReportMore detail (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - May 31, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
Employment survey 2021: workforce diversity and employment experiences
Royal College of Nursing (RCN) -This is the second report from the RCN annual employment survey. It focuses on four major themes: working hours and patterns; experience of workplace abuse; bullying and harassment, and career progression.ReportRCN - publications (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - June 9, 2022 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
Nursing under unsustainable pressures: staffing for safe and effective care in the UK
Royal College of Nursing - In March 2022, the RCN invited nursing and midwifery staff from across the UK to give their experiences of the last time they were at work. There were 20,325 responses to the survey. Eight in ten (83 per cent) said there weren ’t enough nursing staff to meet all patient needs safely and effectively on their last shift. Just a quarter (25 per cent) of shifts had the planned number of registered nurses. Less than one in five (18 per cent) said they had enough time to provide the level of care they’d like.ReportPress release (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - June 6, 2022 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Patient safety Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
Neurodiversity guidance for employers, managers, staff and students
Royal College of Nursing -This guidance has been developed for staff and students who are neurodiverse and for the managers and employers who support them. It is intended for the health and care sector but its overarching principles could be helpful in other settings.GuidanceRoyal College of Nursing - publications (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - May 20, 2022 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
Healthy workplace toolkit
Royal College of Nursing (RCN) - This toolkit provides organisations with a systematic framework to use to improve working environments. The RCN recognises that there are a number of frameworks in place to improve working environments and the health and wellbeing of the workforce, however this framework has been developed with nursing staff with the aim of improving their working environment and conditions and the subsequent impact this will have on their health and wellbeing.ToolkitPress release (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - June 22, 2021 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
Connecting for change: for the future of learning disability nursing
This report sets out a series of recommendations and priorities that the UK government and devolved administrations need to address. It also identifies priorities for the RCN to take forward.ReportPress release (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - June 22, 2021 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
Blood and body fluid exposures in 2020: results from a survey of RCN members
This report suggests that Pressures of the pandemic and a lack of training has led to a 50 per rise in needlestick injuries, a Royal College of Nursing (RCN) report suggests today. The authors surveyed 7,571 RCN members for the report. Of those 15 per cent said they had suffered a ‘sharps injury’ in 2020. This compares to ten per cent in 2008. Reasons for the rise cited in the report included fatigue induced by the pandemic, low staffing levels, lack of training and safer sharps and sharps bins not being available.ReportPress release (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - May 24, 2021 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
Nursing workforce standards
Royal College of Nursing (RCN) - These standards have been created to explicitly set out what must happen within workplaces to ensure the delivery of safe and effective patient care. Their launch marks the first time the RCN has set out detailed expectations for employers, regulators, and national organisations to support patient safety and enable the UK ’s nursing workforce to deliver safe and effective care.StandardsPress release (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - May 10, 2021 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
The UK nursing labour market review 2020
This report examines the shape, size and state of the nursing labour market, analysing trends in the employment and training of nursing staff across the UK economy.Report (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - March 20, 2021 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
RCN independent review of guidelines for the prevention and control of Covid-19 in health care settings in the United Kingdom: evaluation and messages for future infection-related emergency planning
This report of an independent review finds that the government ’s Covid-19 infection control guidelines, which are used across the UK, are in need of updating. It calls for all NHS staff to be given a higher level of personal protective equipment as a precautionary measure pending the outcome of a review. ReportPress release (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - March 8, 2021 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Source Type: blogs
Royal College of Nursing submission to the NHS Pay Review Body: 2021/2 pay round
Royal College of Nursing (RCN) - This year ’s submission from the Royal College of Nursing to the NHS Pay Review Body sets out the case for a pay uplift and explores the impact of COVID-19 on working conditions.Report (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - March 5, 2021 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: NHS finance Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
Modern ward rounds: good practice for multidisciplinary inpatient review
This report (produced together with the Royal College of Nursing, Royal Pharmaceutical Society, Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and NHS England, and developed along with patients) sets out best practice for modern ward rounds. It brings together the good practice currently being delivered in the NHS and enables clinical teams to self-assess against this and identify priorities for improvement.ReportMore detail (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - January 12, 2021 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Quality of care and clinical outcomes Source Type: blogs
Day surgery for children and young people
Royal College of Nursing -This publication highlights the specific needs of children and young people undergoing day surgery, outlining pre- and post-operative aspects of care and preparation, parental involvement and facilitating discharge.ReportRoyal College of Nursing - publications (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - October 15, 2020 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Patient involvement, experience and feedback Source Type: blogs
Avoidable natural deaths in prison custody: putting things right
This report, written in collaboration with the Royal College of Nursing, sets out proposals to reduce the number of preventable natural deaths in prisons. It identifies how natural deaths occurring in prison might be prevented, where possible, and end of life care managed with dignity and compassion.ReportIndependent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody - blog post (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - October 9, 2020 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Local authorities, public health and health inequalities Source Type: blogs
Building a Better Future for Nursing: RCN members have their say
This report details the findings of the Building a Better Future survey which was open to all RCN members from May to June 2020. It explores data from the survey, including initial comparisons between different settings and experiences during the pandemic and includes details on the RCN ’s plans for the next steps.ReportMore detail (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - August 23, 2020 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
