Nurses unsure whether NHS can deliver EPRs
Over half of nurses do not believe or do not know whether the NHS can deliver an electronic patient record (EPR) in the foreseeable future, according to a new survey from the Royal College of Nursing (RCN). The RCN survey, carried out online by Medix Intelligent Information, also found that familiar problems persist in relation to […]
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Safety technology needed to protect nurses, says RCN
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is calling for the NHS to fund mobile devices to enable community nurses working alone to summon help after it found more than one in three have been assaulted or harassed in the last two years. The RCN this week launched a campaign, You’re Not Alone, to press the government to […]
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IT and e-health is ‘every nurse’s business’
IT and e-health is every nurse’s business because it has to be integrated into practice, nursing leader, June Clark, said on the eve of a major discussion at the Royal College of Nursing’s annual congress this week. The discussion on the theme “Computerised records – what can they offer?” will be available online at the College […]
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Nurses ‘losing enthusiasm’ for NHS IT reform
The number of nurses across the UK who believe in the benefits of IT reform in the NHS is falling, says the latest Nursix survey published by the Royal College of Nursing. Around 56% of nurses now say that IT reform is likely to improve clinical care and 49% agree that it will improve their […]
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Strike action threat over NHS Direct cuts
Unison and the Royal College of Nursing are warning they may consider strike action after a consultation into staff cuts at NHS Direct is complete. NHS Direct launched a three-month consultation in May 2006 on proposals to cut capacity due to the service picking up fewer GP Out of Hours contracts than it had […]
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Lack of NPfIT involvement concerns nurses
Two leading nurses have expressed deep concern at the lack of involvement of the nursing community in the design of and preparation for the National Programme for IT. Professor Dame June Clark, chair of the Royal College of Nursing Information in Nursing Forum, and Richard Hayward, chair of the British Computer Society health informatics (nursing) […]
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400,000 nurses to be registered on Contact
Connecting for Health has announced it is planning to ensure that every nurse in England as well as Scotland has their own e-mail address with NHS webmail service Contact. All members of the Royal College of Nursing that work within the NHS, including agency staff with regular NHS employment, are to be bulk-registered automatically registered on Contact, […]
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Nurses save most time with IT training
Based on a telephone poll Connecting for Health has claimed that staff who master basic IT skills under the NHS European Computer Driving License (ECDL) training scheme are helping the service save time and money. Connecting for Health, the DH agency behind the NHS IT programme, says that in a recent phone poll NHS staff […]
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Nurses support IT reform – but lack information
Nurses remain supportive of NHS IT developments and rising numbers feel better informed about them – but the majority still say they have inadequate information or no information at all. This latest snapshot of nurses’ views comes from an online survey by Nursix conducted earlier this year among 1776 Royal College of Nursing (RCN) members. […]
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RCN Congress calls for nurse IT involvement
Nurses need training and guidance to use new IT systems within the NHS or they risk being left on the sidelines, delegates at this week’s Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Congress in Harrogate have argued. Graeme Elrick, chair of the RCN Information Nursing group, said that it was important that nurses control how IT delivers care […]
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