Archives for November 2016

Today has revealed plans to create 1000 new apprenticeships within the nursing sector. Students will now be able to earn whilst learning to become a qualified nurse.

Jeremy Hunt, Health Secretary, revealed plans today to introduce the first degree-level nurse apprenticeships. Individuals will no longer have to spend thousands of pounds a year to attend university.

Commenting on the plans announced today, Professor Lisa Bayliss-Pratt, director of nursing at Health Education England said: “The development of the nursing degree apprenticeship standard is a key element of developing flexible routes into nursing for our health and care workforce. We want to open up more opportunities for people to enter the nursing profession.”

The new apprenticeship scheme will be up and and running by September 2017. Student nurses will not only be able to train to work within the NHS, but also within Community and Social Care settings.

Many see the proposed plans as a step in the right direction, whilst others view the it as more of an issue. What are your thoughts? Is it a good move for the Government to go ahead with the plans to train apprentice nurses?

*https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/education/hundreds-to-train-through-nurse-apprenticeships-each-year-says-hunt/7013705.article

November 17^th brings the annual Stop the Pressure Ulcer Day, helping to generate more awareness on, you guessed it, pressure ulcers.

A frequently occurring health problem, pressure ulcers are painful, costly and represent a reduced quality of life and are a major burden to their sufferers.

Research provided by NHS Midlands an East show that 80 to 90% of pressure ulcers are easily avoidable, proving how important quality health care and equipment is.

In the United Kingdom (UK) pressure ulcers cost up to 4% of the annual health care budget (or £750 million annually) with expenses estimated at £30,000 per individual pressure ulcer. When community health care costs are added to hospital costs, pressure ulcers consume up to £2.1 billion of the National Health Service (NHS) budget*.

Harvest Healthcare are proud to show their support to the European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Board and the research they carry out into pressure ulcers across the world.

It is important for sufferers to receive proper care and comfort to ease the pain and treat pressure ulcers. We have a range of active and static mattress, which provide the necessary support needed to relieve pressure as and when required.

Whilst Harvest Healthcare cannot provide advice and support on treating pressure ulcers, we have a dedicated team able to provide full details on our pressure relieving products.

For more information on our products, please contact us and help to Stop the Pressure.

*EPUAP Facts – http://www.epuap.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/letak-3-A5-web2.pdf