Welcome to episode 32 [originally broadcast on Wednesday 19 January 2021] of #mhTV. Presenters Nicky Lambert and Dave Munday were joined by guest Professor Mark Radford. Mark is the chief nurse at Health Education England and a deputy chief nurse at NHS England & NHS Improvement.
Last week the NMC re-introduced emergency standards that impacted on student nurses. On this episode we discussed what these standards mean for everyone and address some of the questions and concerns that have been raised with us.
You can read more background to this issue on the following webpages:
- NMC Statement: www.nmc.org.uk/news/news-and-updates/statement-enabling-student-education-and-supporting-the-workforce
- Letter from Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, to Andrea Sutcliffe CBE: https://www.nmc.org.uk/globalassets/sitedocuments/covid-19/20210113-letter-from-sos-to-nmc.pdf
- Letter from Andrea Sutcliffe CBE to Matt Hancock: https://www.nmc.org.uk/globalassets/sitedocuments/covid-19/20210114-letter-from-nmc-to-sos.pdf
- Information for students web page: www.nmc.org.uk/news/coronavirus/information-for-students-and-educators/
- Emergency education standards web page: www.nmc.org.uk/standards-for-education-and-training/emergency-education-standards/
- Standards PDF: https://www.nmc.org.uk/globalassets/sitedocuments/education-standards/current-emergency-and-recovery-programme-standards-january-2021.pdf
- We mentioned an FAQ page that was being developed by Health Education England. This has now been published here: https://www.hee.nhs.uk/covid-19/nursing-midwifery
We also mentioned some news stories:
- 18 Jan update: growth in covid hospital patients slows across the country as peak approaches: https://www.hsj.co.uk/coronavirus/18-jan-update-growth-in-covid-hospital-patients-slows-across-the-country-as-peak-approaches/7029235.article
- Coronavirus: Student nurses 'at risk' without insurance on placement: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-55659851
Dave spoke about the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee hearing on NHS Test, Track and Trace. You can see some Tweets from the event on this Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/davidamunday/status/1351183813473349634?s=20
Some Twitter links to follow are:
NL - https://twitter.com/niadla
DM - https://twitter.com/davidamunday
MR - https://twitter.com/MRadford_HEECN
Credits:
Presenter: Vanessa Garrity and Nicky Lambert
Guest: Professor Mark Radford
Theme music: Tony Gillam
Production & Editing: Dave Munday
