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Nurses are more at risk than other health workers of experiencing psychological distress during a public health emergency such as the Covid-19 outbreak, according to a review of global evidence.
The researchers at the University of Sheffield found that negative mental health symptoms could persist in nurses for two to three years after the epidemic, so support needed to be offered longer term.
“In nurses during the MERS outbreak, perceived social stigma was associated with higher stress and poorer mental health
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The findings add further weight to the
Nursing TimesCovid-19: Are You OK? campaign, which is seeking to raise awareness of the mental health needs of nurses during the coronavirus pandemic and in the aftermath.
At least 222 frontline health and care workers have been identified after dying with coronavirus.
Through tributes from loved ones and confirmation through sources such as local NHS trusts and other authorities, the PA news agency has confirmed the names of health and social care workers who have died after contracting Covid-19 since March 11 2020.
This chronological list contains people who were working in roles shortly before their deaths where they were likely to come into contact with patients.
The figure is likely to be lower than the true number of workers who have died, as the names of some victims will not yet be in the public domain.
International Stillbirth Alliance selects Sheffield for 2023 conference
UK city Sheffield has won the bid to host the annual International Stillbirth Alliance Conference. The event will host 300 delegates from a global audience across three days, 30 June – 2 July 2023.
Marketing Sheffield’s Conference Team collaborated with experts from Sheffield Children’s Hospital and University of Sheffield agreed to collaborate with them to secure the bid.
The International Stillbirth Alliance (ISA) is a membership organization uniting bereaved parents and other family members, health professionals and researchers to drive global change for the prevention of stillbirth and neonatal death and bereavement support for all those affected.
Sheffield Arena opens as mass Covid-19 vaccination centre
Sheffield Arena opens as mass Covid-19 vaccination centre
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Sheffield Arena has been transformed into a mass Covid-19 vaccination centre.
The site will be open seven days a week and will be run by Sheffield Teaching Hospitals on behalf of the NHS national vaccination programme.
Rita Moss, 78, from Barnsley was among the first people to be given a coronavirus vaccination at the new NHS Centre
Mrs Moss said: I ve never looked forward to getting an injection in my arm as much as I have over the past few days, even though I don t like needles.