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Sam Foster, Executive Director of Professional Practice, Nursing and Midwifery Council, considers the Freedom to Speak Up report and its importance in ensuring patient and staff safety.
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Midwifery , Humans , Pregnancy , Female , Professional PracticeABSTRACT
Sam Foster, Executive Director of Professional Practice, Nursing and Midwifery Council, considers the concepts and principles of professional accountability.
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Midwifery , Pregnancy , Humans , Female , Professional Practice , Social ResponsibilityABSTRACT
Sam Foster, Executive Director of Professional Practice, Nursing and Midwifery Council, considers the report of the Times Health Commission, which looked at all aspects of the NHS.
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Midwifery , State Medicine , Humans , Pregnancy , FemaleABSTRACT
Sam Foster, Executive Director of Professional Practice, Nursing and Midwifery Council, describes how compassionate leadership results in engaged and motivated staff, in turn leading to high-quality care.
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Empathy , Patient Safety , Humans , United Kingdom , LeadershipABSTRACT
Sam Foster, Executive Director of Professional Practice, Nursing and Midwifery Council, looks at the findings of a parliamentary review into progress on safety proposals and encourages nurses to be part of the culture change.
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Midwifery , Patient Safety , Humans , Pregnancy , Female , Professional PracticeABSTRACT
Sam Foster, Executive Director of Professional Practice, Nursing and Midwifery Council, considers the issues raised for regulators and assessors by the availability of tools such as ChatGPT.
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Sam Foster, Executive Director of Professional Practice, Nursing and Midwifery Council, considers the potential of nurses to improve their local health systems and, through those, the societies in which they live.
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State Medicine , Humans , United Kingdom , State Medicine/organization & administration , Nursing , RewardABSTRACT
Sam Foster, Executive Director of Professional Practice, Nursing and Midwifery Council, considers how to help members of the public to understand what consitutes a fitness to practise concern.
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Clinical Competence , Humans , United KingdomABSTRACT
Sam Foster, Executive Director of Professional Practice, Nursing and Midwifery Council, considers the importance of providing the right support to nurses who are new to the register.
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Midwifery , Humans , Pregnancy , Female , Professional PracticeABSTRACT
Sam Foster, Chief Nurse, Oxford University Hospitals, reflects on changes to the standards allowing more hours of simulated practice learning within pre-registration nursing courses, and the potential benefits.
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State Medicine , Humans , United Kingdom , Hospitals, UniversityABSTRACT
Sam Foster, Chief Nurse, Oxford University Hospitals, discusses the importance of recruiting internationally educated nurses and the problem of racism that many experience.
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Racism , State Medicine , Humans , Hospitals, University , United KingdomABSTRACT
Executive Director of Professional Practice, Nursing and Midwifery Council, considers the question of changes to the standards for nursing education, and what underpins these.
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Education, Nursing , Midwifery , Pregnancy , Humans , Female , Midwifery/educationABSTRACT
Sam Foster, Executive Director of Professional Practice, Nursing and Midwifery Council, reflects on progress in reducing the active NMC caseload of fitness to practise referrals.
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Midwifery , Pregnancy , Humans , Female , Referral and Consultation , United KingdomABSTRACT
Sam Foster, Chief Nurse, Oxford University Hospitals, looks at research commissioned by the Nursing and Midwifery Council into views on changing the standards for pre-registration nursing education programmes.
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Education, Nursing , Midwifery , Humans , Pregnancy , Female , Midwifery/education , United KingdomABSTRACT
Sam Foster, Executive Director of Professional Practice, Nursing and Midwifery Council, considers how World Health Organization documents can point the way to improving nursing and midwifery education.
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Midwifery , Humans , Pregnancy , Female , Professional Practice , Workforce , World Health OrganizationABSTRACT
The UK needs a coherent approach to advanced nursing roles, says Sam Foster, Executive Director of Professional Practice, Nursing and Midwifery Council, which the NMC is now in the process of considering.
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Midwifery , Humans , Pregnancy , Female , Nurse's Role , Professional PracticeABSTRACT
Sam Foster, Executive Director of Professional Practice, Nursing and Midwifery Council, considers strategies for reforming social care and recognising and rewarding the work of nurses in the sector.
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Midwifery , Nurses , Pregnancy , Humans , Female , Professional Practice , Social SupportABSTRACT
Sam Foster, Executive Director of Professional Practice, Nursing and Midwifery Council, considers the issues faced by internationally recruited nurses and areas where retention strategies could be focused.