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Our white paper titled, "Meeting paediatric needs through surgical hubs: experiences and insights from two NHS centres" has been published this week in collaboration with British Journal of Healthcare Management. Children’s elective care has faced a slower recovery post-pandemic compared to adult services, with far-reaching impacts on children’s physical, educational, and emotional wellbeing, as well as their families. Our article explores the importance of pediatric surgical hubs and features insights from two trusts that have successfully developed their own strategies. One of these trusts being the fantastic Starlight Centre at Wythenshawe Hospital, where a Vanguard mobile theatre was added beside the children's ward, creating additional capacity and reducing waiting times for children across the wider trust. 🔗 You can read the full white paper here: https://lnkd.in/g6FNxwzw Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust #HealthcareInnovation #Paediatrics #SurgicalHubs #ElectiveCare #NHS

No parent or caregiver wakes up and thinks "it's a good day to visit the emergency department with my infant/toddler/youth." It is literally the last option for most families I know - but increasingly the only option available to families new to a community or otherwise without primary care options, families supporting children or youth with chronic health conditions, or those experiencing mental health distress. There are 160 emergency departments sprinkled across the province of Ontario. The latest report from Health Quality Ontario (HQO) finds that children and families visiting CHEO wait the longest to receive an assessment conducted by a physician in the ED. Kids. Wait. The. Longest. This is a challenge that is only poised to worsen without a systems approach to transformation. Children's Healthcare Canada and child health partners like Canadian Paediatric Society / Société canadienne de pédiatrie Pediatric Chairs of Canada and CAPN - Canadian Association of Paediatric Nurses have given this lots of thought: Our Beyond Bandaids report is available on our website!

In an era of overstretched neonatal intensive care resources, NTC (Neonatal Transitional Care) has the potential to reduce and prevent some NNU admissions and provide babies and mothers with the additional support they require to ensure a smooth transition to discharge home. 💚That’s where mOm Incubators comes into play💚 NTC is closely linked to the philosophies of family-centred care and family-integrated healthy babies being discharged as early as two hours post-delivery. Therefore, those women and babies who remain in hospital often have additional needs to that of normal care That’s why mOm is on a mission to provide the best transitional care for mums and babies and rethink how healthcare is delivered and accessed by solving problems from the ground up. 💚Keeping baby close, keeping baby warm in a safe thermoregulated environment for your newborn to thrive in good health💚 [Full link to source reference in the comments below] #NTC #TransitionalCare #NICU #NeonatalCare #NeonatalTransitionalCare NHS NHS England NHS Professionals Medilink International Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Hi: Children's Healthcare Innovation Scotland

Great to see this research coming from leaders in the ECHO Nursing Working Group 👏🏽 👏🏽 👏🏽 Answering questions about quality indicators in nursing is just part of what we need to know to help address challenges in the nursing workforce.

Great article, Zeena Johar!!

As a proud MK resident and someone who has spent a decent amount of time in its various baby-related wards over the last few months, I can confirm it's certainly in need of expansion. Some parents are travelling extensively back and forth due to limited space, and wards have been described as cramped and dated. Some families are even being sent to hospitals in other counties to give birth safely. The new women's and children's hospital planned for MK will increase capacity, but I've lived here for 24 years now and the cry out for expansion has gone well beyond that. Healthcare-specific modular structures are a great way to quickly increase that capacity. We saw during Covid how quickly these sorts of units can be put together to increase capacity, so the expansion of their use could be crucial whilst long-term projects face delays caused by government changes and legislative hold-ups. https://lnkd.in/eSR5wpg6

The First Nations Health Authority and health system partners have been honoured with a 2024 Premier's Innovation Award for implementing nurse prescribing for opioid use disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic. This groundbreaking and innovative practice was developed collaboratively with the FNHA, the Ministry of Health, BC College of Nurses and Midwives, BC Centre on Substance Use, regional health authorities, nurse leaders, and other stakeholders. It is now a regulated and permanent practice for nurses in addressing the toxic drug crisis in BC. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3B866tY

If you see an EMT/paramedic on their phone during a call, don't worry! The Myrtle Beach Fire Department is improving emergency care one phone app at a time. Here's how: The MBFD introduces the “Handtevy” phone app to assist in lifesaving care specifically to pediatric patients! Pediatric Care Coordinator Adam Wingard explains how the MBFD uses Handtevy in the field to provide the best emergency care for children. This phone application helps emergency responders make quick, efficient and accurate medication dosage calculations based on the patient’s age. The goal is to reduce time spent calculating dosage in emergency situations. Though the app was designed for pediatric patients, EMTs and paramedics can use it for any age. If you see our providers using a phone during a critical call, know it’s a vital part of ensuring timely and precise treatment. #MyrtleBeach #CityofMyrtleBeach

It can be easy for caregivers, whether nurses, hospital staff, family members, or friends, to forget about their own mental and physical health while providing care and comfort for others. Offering a simple thank-you can go a long way in boosting morale and reminding them of the value of their work. Discover other ways to extend support to caregivers here: http://ow.ly/u34N105snZY

13th May 2024 - A brave reporting by Rachel Aviv on system failures at NHS, human exhaustions, and how a NICU nurse was prosecuted of crimes that didn’t make much sense. The New Yorker Being at the wrong time and place happens quite commonly in medical practice, especially to those who are hard working, do not shirk their duties, and often step up to help when there’s a need or shortage of staff. (Have you been in similar situation before?) It was clear those Level Two III NICU babies were ill from the start. “Looking for a responsible human—this is what the police are good at,” Schafer told me. “What is not in the police’s remit is finding a systemic problem in an organization like the National Health Service, after decades of underfunding, where you have overworked people cutting little corners with very vulnerable babies who are already in a risk category. It is much more satisfying to say there was a bad person, there was a criminal, than to deal with the outcome of government policy.” (Is this where the law, enforcement, or judicial system fails a morally good person, or an ethical health care professional?) Under-5 and perinatal mortality audit to accurately identify and differentiate medical and non-medical (patient, sociopolitical, programs, or systems) preventable factors or shortfalls are crucial to improve the quality of care and patient safety. This system has started 15 years ago in the public hospitals in Malaysia. For my department alone, there were 37 times in 2022 and 25 times in 2023 when we had official meetings with the district health office to discuss every single neonatal and under-5 deaths. With full reports. So, for the final question - with a neonatal nurse being charged, have the care, systems, and death rates improved in that particular centre? We will never know. They have functionally downgraded to a Level 1 neonatal unit and taking care only well babies. #clinicalgovernance #healthfundingsmatter