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A first-of-its-kind professional nurse advocate scheme has been launched by NHS England to try and support the recovery of the nursing workforce in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
Nursing Times, English chief nursing officer Ruth May announced that the programme had started this week as a way to “thank, repay and restore our people”.
“It will equip them to listen and understand challenges and demands of fellow colleagues”
Ruth May
“This programme is the first of its kind for our profession in England,” said Ms May. A similar scheme already exists for midwives.
In the coming months, up to 1,500 nurses across the country will undergo a Level 7 accredited programme to become a professional nurse advocate (PNA).
Nurse leaders, academics and other healthcare groups have written to the prime minister calling on him to act on “inadequate” protection against Covid-19.
Intensive care nurses highlight patient isolation, fear of the unknown and using nurses who do not usually work in the ICU as key factors in caring for critical COVID-19 patients
Last summer, when England s first peak of the coronavirus pandemic had subsided, Fazilah, an ICU nurse at a central London hospital, sat down to write her resignation letter.
Last summer, when England s first peak of the coronavirus pandemic had subsided, Fazilah, an ICU nurse at a central London hospital, sat down to write her resignation letter.