On Wednesday 20th November the Self Care Forum will be taking over @WeNurses for the day as part of its activities for Self Care Week. The Self Care Forum is a charity which strives to improve public health and engender more efficient and effective use of health services. It does this by supporting people-facing organisations to help their communities and service users better understand how to self care.The Self Care Forum produces tools and resources and organises National Self Care Week. It works closely with local and national organisations, is the leading independent provider of best practice of self care and the go-to place for reliable and evidence-based resources, current opinion, advice and self care intervention in the UK.We are ex ...

A few years ago we held a tweetchat around politics and the political influence of nurses ... with a general election on the horizon we thought it was time to revisit that tweetchat and discuss politics in nursing again:December 12th is the day when we all go to the polls and vote for our next government - so what better time tackle the subject of politics in nursing than now.  In recent years we have seen many contentious issues hit the headlines that have affected nursing: Brexit, the NHS bursary, nursing pay, austerity and cutbacks just to name a few.  This clearly shows that political decisions affect nursing and the people we care for daily.  Hamer (2015) presents a strong case for nurses to engage in the political process stating "As ...

It has been great to see the advent of a new Twitter community hashtag #TeamPatient:   ??#TeamPatient????TweetChats @ 8-9pm??Thur5thDec soft launch ??Fri1stFeb full launch??First Friday monthly ??Open Topics??No silos??All welcome??Run by volunteers Meanwhile, continue using the hashtag ??#TeamPatient ?? please retweet pic.twitter.com/EslO3djx76— @NusratMedicine ?? (@NusratMedicine) November 6, 2019 It's been fantastic to watch from afar the beginning of this community but at the same time it is clear that there is much work to be done around the nurse- patient relationship both in real life on on social media.  There was recently a Twitter thread that highlighted some concerns:   #TeamPatient Twitter Chat???????????????All welcome, Patient ...

Gosport / Education aspectsLearning from Deaths   Stephanie Millichope "I am a specialist community public health nurse and have been in nursing for 22 years.  My career is focused on patient safety, experience and quality of care having worked in acute and community provider settings, CCGs and NHS England.  I am currently a patient safety fellow funded by Health Education England and hosted by the Kent Academic Health Science Network. A colleague and I based in Dorset have been asked to look at the educational aspects of the Gosport Independent Inquiry published in 2018 and complete a year-long project in relation to learning from deaths."Heather Stacey  " I trained as an Occupational Therapist in London over 25 years ago and since then ha ...

Palliative care is the holistic care of patients with incurable, progressive and life-limiting illness. This may involve work on physical symptoms, psychological difficulties, social challenges and spiritual distress. It is also important to support those around the patient. By the nature of this, patients can have complex needs.Conversely, palliative care education is complex. Health professionals in multiple roles (doctors, nurses, allied health professionals and non-clinical staff among others) are key to good palliative care, so it is important that all groups can access and receive education that is appropriate for them. It is a key role of specialists in palliative care, as well as others, to deliver and facilitate this education.This ...