
Fiona Stratton
@fionastratton1
Chief Nurse Midlothian Health and Social Care Partnership. Passionate about personalised care, integration, collaboration and improvement. Views are my own.
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06-01-2016 15:39:44
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Are you a mid-to-senior health leader who wants to problem-solve future challenges for health and wellbeing? Join the Sciana: The Health Leaders Network. Now open for applications. Find out more and apply by 30 June ⬇️ health.org.uk/funding-and-pa…


What does #HealthIn2040 mean for business, work and society? We asked @LCP_Actuaries' Jonathan Pearson-Stuttard and Steve Webb (former Pensions Minister). Read our Q&A, exploring why future governments need to think locally 👇 health.org.uk/news-and-comme…


Along with The Q community and NHS Confederation, we're delighted to launch a new podcast: Leading Improvement in Health and Care. 🎧 Listen now to explore the learning and experiences of people making change across systems ⬇️ nhsconfed.org/publications/p…



"Nursing care of older people goes beyond the confines of a hospital bed or a care home. It's about empowering older people to live their best lives, to feel valued & respected" #NursesDay Ageing Better Independent Age @CNOEngland The Queen's Nursing Institute Independent Age bgs.org.uk/blog/nurses%E2…



Want to improve your ReSPECT discussions & create more useful ReSPECT forms? Try this structure, devised by Geris trainees Martha Twigg & Carmaline de Silva. Full-res PDF (to print off) at lindadykes.org/downloads and it's #FOAMed - please do share by whatever means you like!


Pleased to announce a new FND pathway for Scotland organised by NHS Scotland Centre for Sustainable Delivery. Centre for Sustainable Delivery nhscfsd.co.uk/media/zt0h0s0k…. Thread 1/


Hearing Prof Alison Leary 💙#ProtectNurse speak on “Why ratios now?” - so powerful. Clarity on what ratios do and don’t do. “Ratios are a REDLINE to manage risk. They are a fail safe. They are NOT a workforce model to plan staffing” #safestaffing #valuenursing #protectthepublic #nurseptratios


NEW PAPER ALERT: Some papers are a milestone and this is one of those. A project 5 years in the making! Dr. Tamer Al-ghraiybah, RN,CPHRM, PhD Luise Lago Prof. Ritin Fernandez UOW School of Nursing Australian Catholic University #safestaffing Effects of the nursing practice environment, nurse staffing, patient s... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…


A national shortage of district nurses has been highlighted by a coroner in a warning to Victoria Atkins after a man's death. The number of district nurses has more than halved since 2010 and repeatedly highlighted by The Queen's Nursing Institute as a safety risk:


A study from #PennNursing’s Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research reveals that replacing RNs with lower-wage staff leads to higher mortality, readmissions, longer hospital stays, lower patient satisfaction, and increased care costs. Read more: bit.ly/4egZS9x.

New paper ‼️⬇️ "This is nae a life, it's an existence" housebound person living w/ obesity, +hidden functional struggles of living w/ larger body, sense of being stuck & implicit weight bias in care services. So under researched, so much to improve. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1155/20…

Tomorrow at 2pm, join The Queen's Nursing Institute for their #InfectionPreventionControl Nurse Champion meeting. The theme is 'To glove or not to glove'. Book a free place here: shorturl.at/rCMYh

