Nursing in Practice May/June 2020 (issue 114) | Page 9

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crisis emphasised
be supported in their
51% of 4,446 nursing
essure environments,
with Covid-19 patients,
hey felt pressure to reuse
tective equipment.
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land in April allowing
euse PPE during severe
for the PPE issues to be
wn was extended further,
tatement on 10 May said
their place of
ld not work from home.
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ent nurse
register
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programme will not be
and Midwifery Council
rd the idea of a temporary
tudents in March, but
ndrea Sutcliffe said in
response’ from student
tackle coronavirus has
are system ‘hasn’t been
year student nurses and
il, had taken up paid
S front line while more
overseas nurses and
rking already or are on
Many health workers report significant stress
Half of healthcare
workers say their
mental health has
declined
Half of healthcare workers say their mental
health has declined in the last eight weeks, since
the coronavirus outbreak, a survey published in
May has suggested.
The Care Fit For Carers report from the
Institute of Public Policy Research think-tank
found that the Covid-19 pandemic is having
a ‘severe impact’ on the mental health of
healthcare workers.
Many will experience stress, anxiety,
bereavement or trauma, it added.
In YouGov polling of 996 healthcare
employees across the UK, half of staff (50%)
said their mental health had been impacted by
Covid-19, 49% were worried about family safety
and 43% were worried about their ability to
ensure patient or service-user safety because of
a lack of testing and personal protective
equipment.
s advised
use their
edicines
ld care homes they
on in a crisis
ent for whom it was
d no longer needs it,
have died.
idance from the
th and
came
Free prevention and
control training for
care homes
A free training package
for care home staff
on coronavirus
infection prevention
and control has
been released
online.
The package,
launched in May for nursing and
residential care homes by the
Infection and Prevention Society (IPS),
outlined the infection and prevention
control procedures required to protect
residents from Covid-19.
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