Private sector nurse training set to grow

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The drug company Lilly UK offers three days of training, ongoing mentorship, a web based audit tool programme with IT support, resource packs and patient education materials as a part of Department of Health scheme to develop well-being nurses to care for the physical needs of patients with severe mental health illnesses. Although free training from a drug company may not sit easily with all nurses, mental health nurses were largely pragmatic about the move claiming it was the only way that psychiatric patients would get their physical health needs addressed.

Pharmaceutical preparations, Pharmaceutical industry, Nursing, Patients, Patient care, Educational aspects

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Will short-term workforce thinking derail NHS plans?

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A report presented by the Workforce Review Team cautions that the sudden reduction in the nurses training and employment might adversely affect government plans to shift healthcare to the community sector.

Strategy & planning, Labor force information, Offices of All Other Miscellaneous Health Practitioners, Offices of health practitioners, not elsewhere classified, Nurses, Planning, Employment, United Kingdom. National Health Service, Company business planning

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Mentors should support LD nurses

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The article discusses the need for mentors to support all learning disability (LD) nurses and provide advice on professional issues.

Care and treatment, Analysis, Learning disabilities, Learning disorders, Psychiatric personnel, Mental health personnel, Professional development

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