Theatre nurses have expressed their concerns around the backlog of surgical procedures in wake of Covid-19 and have warned of the negative impact this is having on patient outcomes and staff morale.
Snapshot survey results provided to
Nursing Times found three-quarters of theatre nurses were working in organisations where the number of patients waiting more than 18 weeks for elective care – the national target time – had increased since March 2020.
“We owe it to healthcare professionals to ensure they have support every step of the way, as they overcome barriers to create capacity and clawback productivity”
Lindsay Keeley
Figures showed more than half (54%) of theatre nurses felt such delays to surgical procedures were having a negative impact on staff morale and almost two-thirds (62%) felt the same about patient outcomes.
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SIR – The Duke of Edinburgh, a man of private faith, also used his role to bring together different faith groups. He founded St George’s House in 1966 as a forum for civil society, faith groups and others to debate significant issues.
For many years he presented the Templeton Prize, which recognised outstanding religious and spiritual leadership. He organised an interfaith dialogue between Jews, Christians, and Muslims in 1984, together with Sir Evelyn de Rothschild and Crown Prince El Hassan of Jordan.
He built on this by founding the Alliance of Religions and Conservation in 1995 to mobilise the great faiths to work on environmental challenges. He had the foresight to see that their moral teachings, and 80 per cent of the world’s population, could be part of the solution to social problems.