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Trust eases restrictions to allow visitors for patients Date: 23/04/2021 | Category: Uncategorized
The Trust has eased restrictions to allow visitors back into its hospitals. For each patient, one visitor is allowed to visit for one hour, once a day from Monday to Friday.
A named, designated visitor, usually next of kin, will be identified when the patient is admitted. Ward staff will contact the named visitor in advance to let them know their one hour visiting slot.
Exceptions to these rules are in place for those supporting a person: with a learning disability, autism, or cognitive impairment such as dementia; with mental health problems; with communication challenges including hearing or visual impairment; or for whom English is not their first language.
Caring for the nation platform
A new online initiative has been created by a charity with the support of the chief nursing officer to celebrate the contribution of ethnic minority nurses and midwives.
The Mary Seacole Trust has launched a new part of its website dedicated to celebrating the World Health Organization’s (WHO) International Year of the Health and Care Worker during 2021.
“The stories on this portal are a reminder that there is no room for inequity in our professions”
Ruth May
Supported by NHS England and NHS Improvement, the Caring for the nation platform offers a collection of inspiring interviews with nurses from around the globe.
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Think ‘Home First’ to care for and protect your loved ones
NHS and social care in Buckinghamshire are asking families to help support their loved ones when they return home from hospital.
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust and Buckinghamshire Council have been working closely for a number of years to join up health and social care and ensure that as many people as possible receive treatment at home when it is safe and appropriate to do so, including after being discharged from hospital.
With the increased pressure of the pandemic on our local hospitals, this ‘home first’ approach has become even more important. For some people, the medical, nursing and therapy care they need can be provided at home, which could prevent the need to go to hospital at all. Families and carers play a vital role in helping to keep people safe and healthy at home.