NHS and social care staff burnout at âemergencyâ level. (PA) NHS and social care staff burnout has reached an “emergency” level and poses a risk to further services, MPs have warned. In a highly critical report, the Health and Social Care Committee called for immediate action to support exhausted staff who have worked throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. However, it also pointed to long-standing, unresolved issues even before the pandemic. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) told MPs that, prior to the onset of the pandemic, there were 50,000 nursing vacancies in the UK, while the Royal College of Psychiatrists has said a lack of staff is one of the biggest causes of workforce burnout in mental health services.
HoloLens
At the beginning of the pandemic, it was announced that Microsoft HoloLens Mixed Reality headsets were to be used by frontline medical staff in the fight against COVID-19. The technology offered the possibility of remote care in the midst of a highly contagious and deadly virus and enabled clinicians at Imperial College Healthcare NHS trust to visit patients in high-risk wards in full PPE and a HoloLens. This system then enabled clinicians to feed live footage to colleagues in a low-risk area through the Dynamics 365 Remote Assist app.
A year later, the headset technology is still showing considerable value by reducing the amount of time staff are spending in high-risk areas and significantly reducing personal protective equipment (PPE) usage, as only the doctor wearing the headset is required to dress in PPE. Imperial College Healthcare NHS trust has said that using HoloLens has led to a fall in the amount of time staff are spending in high-risk areas of up to 83%. It ha
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National reviews by the Care Quality Commission, NHS England and the CAMHS Quality Taskforce have highlighted significant issues around the quality of care received by children and young people in inpatient mental health facilities. They each pinpointed the need to equip staff with the knowledge, skills and confidence to work with children and young people with complex needs.
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NHS and social care staff burnout at âemergencyâ level. (PA) NHS and social care staff burnout has reached an “emergency” level and poses a risk to further services, MPs have warned. In a highly critical report, the Health and Social Care Committee called for immediate action to support exhausted staff who have worked throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. However, it also pointed to long-standing, unresolved issues even before the pandemic. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) told MPs that, prior to the onset of the pandemic, there were 50,000 nursing vacancies in the UK, while the Royal College of Psychiatrists has said a lack of staff is one of the biggest causes of workforce burnout in mental health services.