Best Practice in Nursing 2015 Post Show Newspaper-Issue 3 Nov 2015 | Page 8

IS THE GOLDEN AGE OF
NURSING UPON US?

BEST PRACTICE IN NURSING WILL BE BACK
IN 2016 AND WILL BE THE BIGGEST EVENT
FOR PRIMARY CARE NURSES IN THE UK

Lord Willis of Knaresborough, independent chair of the Shape of Caring review, believes so.

Nurses are key to meeting the
challenges for the health service posed
by an ageing population with increasing
co-morbidities, but it was vital that
nurse education evolved to equip them
for the future.
At Best Practice in Nursing,
Lord Willis discussed the Shape
of Caring review, which looked
at the future education and
training of nurses and care
assistants.

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• Bigger theatres for your comfort

• The latest clinical updates for primary care
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• Keynote presentations from the major nursing
regulatory bodies
• Advanced clinical training courses
• Non-clinical, careers and personal
development training sessions
• Mandatory training to cover your annual
requirements

• Content for the whole practice team for you to
attend with your GP and practice manager
• More hands on, practical training sessions
• More complex clinical training for senior nurses
and advanced nursing practitioners
• More networking opportunities to exchange
ideas and innovations with your peers

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The real answer, he explained, was someone who
displayed ‘leadership, decision making, a holistic
knowledge of the patient, compassion and who is
an excellent communicator.’

There never really was a “golden age”
of nursing – but we could begin the
creation of a new one.

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He said that if you asked ‘What is a nurse?’ most
responses were ‘task oriented – even though most
“nursing” tasks could in fact be performed by a
health care assistant.’

‘It is time for the profession to raise the bar,’ he
told the packed audience. ‘The Shape of Caring
review, which drew on examples of best practice
across the UK, argues for a better trained, better
With half a million registered nurses in England –
educated workforce. It argues that there is a place
and 1.3 million care assistants – it was vital to invest for scholarship and research.
in ‘this essential workforce,’ he said.
‘There never really was a “golden age” of nursing –
‘In the future, patients and the public will have more but we could begin the creation of a new one.’
complex clinical needs and higher expectations
than every before. The education and training
Commenting on Lord Willis’ address, Janet Davis,
of nurses needs to reflect the changing care
general secretary of the Royal College of Nurses
environment and equip them to deliver high quality said: ‘There is talent in this room to make it happen.
care.
It is not all about doctors. Nursing can provide a
solution.’
Lord Willis asked: ‘Why are nurses not centre stage?
Why don’t they have greater ownership of patient
pathways? And why are so many decisions about

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care made by so many others, often less qualified?’

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