Healthcare organisations have come together to call for a dedicated mental health support service (PA)
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Healthcare staff who have worked through the coronavirus crisis should have a similar mental health service as that offered to war veterans, a group of leading medical organisations has said.
The pandemic has had a “huge impact” on a workforce that has already been stretched thin, according to the 13 healthcare organisations which have come together to call on the Government to make sure there is a dedicated mental health support service similar to that established for former troops.
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4 Apr 2021
Emergency field hospitals established across the country by the British government at a cost of hundreds of millions of pounds are being stood down and decommissioned, in many cases without having treated a single patient for coronavirus.
12 so-called ‘Nightingale’ hospitals named for a famed 19th-century British nurse who revolutionised healthcare practices were established across the United Kingdom in 2020, part of a plan to see the nation prepared for a sudden surge in critical coronavirus cases. Built inside sports stadia, convention centers, and former retail premises, the sites provided thousands of extra beds.
Now more of the Nightingale hospitals are being shut down without having seen a single patient. The 500-bed Yorkshire Nightingale has now been stood down, the BBC reports, and like some others, it has not treated a single Coronavirus patient since it was opened in April 2020.
A nurse wearing PPE working in critical care/intensive care/ITU/ICU
The government has announced £10m to support the introduction of what it described as a new nationally recognised critical care qualification for nurses.
The qualification will be available to registered nurses working in intensive care as well as a number of allied health professions. The bit of good news is that there is £10m attached. Training needs paying for
Nicki Credland
It will be rolled out for immediate use during the pandemic to help boost the number of people able to work in critical care, said the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC).
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