Pioneering safe staffing whistleblower nurse dies aged 91: c/o RCNi

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Graham Pink at his home in Manchester in January 2008 Picture: Neil O'Connor courage : compassion : values : commitment : leadership

"A nurse who was among the first in the UK to blow the whistle on safe staffing issues has died aged 91. Graham Pink first raised concerns about poor staffing and the dangers to patients when he worked at Stepping Hill Hospital in Greater Manchester in 1990. His four-year campaign to highlight inadequate staffing levels made a lasting impression on the nursing profession. Mr Pink died on 6 March in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Nurses caring for him remembered his safe staffing campaign Speaking to Nursing Standard about his final months, his niece and carer Sarah Pink said: ‘Barnsley Hospital gave him a lot of care and attention and treated him with a huge amount of respect. There were nurses caring for him who said they knew him from what he did and how he stood up for the NHS back then. One sister said it was an honour to meet him and take care of him.’"

HRH The Duke of Edinburgh RIP

https://www.rcn.org.uk/employment-and-pay/safe-staffing

My source: RCNi via twitter: 

https://twitter.com/rogerkline/status/1380398894740348929?s=20

Frontline or tightrope?

As the various media outlets and commentators discuss health care, nursing, medicine and social care they often refer to the frontline -

Where exactly is the frontline these days (and nights)?

Who is on the frontline?

Is the frontline always visible?

Is there a 2nd, 3rd or 4th line?

Are there any gaps in the frontline?

Is it twisted at any point?

When health care economics is squeezed
how does this affect the frontline?

Does the frontline have an optimal tension?

If the frontline is Lean, in lean times
does it have a harmonic?

How has the frontline changed over
the past 20 years?

How is our frontline forecasting?

Is there space on that (front-) line for
partners, information technology,holistic
bandwidth, values, policy, safety ..., ....?

All doodles welcome.

RCN UK 2010 General Election 6 priorities - framed in Hodges' model

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The RCN's 6 priorities hit the POLITICAL sweet-spot. In the table below I have related each of the priorities to a care domain of Hodges' model with a rationale that follows:

Give nurses time to train	Protect the Nation's health
Improve care for those with long term conditions	Standing up for staff who speak out Safer staffing levels Sustain health care investment

Timeout from the clinical arena for training is always a political issue. It is also at the behest of the individual. This includes individual practitioners and their managers.

The public's health (and mental health) is of course grounded in the group, but is initially framed by evidence, knowledge and preventive medicine.

Long term conditions may impact the quality of life of the individual concerned, but the effect on carers and the social ripples are also profound.

The Demand - Supply equation in health care may be reduced to raw, mechanical numbers, but they quickly become the political football of investment statistics.

So many false economies in stretching the more expensive resources when it comes to staff AND patient (carer) safety. Skill mix and staffing levels are vital for job satisfaction, service development, quality and safe outcomes.

Motivation and intent may be concepts exercised by individuals, but the political environment must support nurses who speak out for high standards of care, safety, the public good.