EKHUFT Barbara Mushett Award Winners – Kings D Award Team from William Harvey Hospital

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During May and June, East Kent Hospitals asked for people to share good examples of care delievered at one of our Hospitals.

The award – originally presented in 2014 at the Community of Practice Conference – was created to remember Barbara who was referred to in Death by Indifference with her sister Jean Anthony. We are pleased to share that this year the judging panel -consisting of Jean, Helen O’Keefe – Associate Chief Nurse, and Paula Theobald – 2014 winner – were impressed with the quality and quantity of the nominations.

In the end the Kings D staff team won the award for an excellent example of using the tools and frameworks available on the EKHUFT website and going that extra mile to reflect on improvements for the future.

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Daniel Marsden

Practice Development Nurse

EKHUFT Barbara Mushett Learning Disability Practice Award 2015

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East Kent Hospitals are looking for your help with nominating their staff for the Barbara Mushett Learning Disability Practice Award. 

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In it’s second year, the award is named after a special lady who passed away 5 years ago in east Kent, and was mentioned in Mencap’s Death by Indifference report.

If you’ve had a good experience coming to an East Kent Hospital and would like to nominate a person or team, click on the above picture.

Not long to go now! Applicatons for Kent and Medway Learning Disability Community of Practice 2015 Conference

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4th May 2015 deadline is nearly here – please do not hesitate to submit an application for presentation.

Kent and Medway Learning Disability Community of Practice 2015 Conference is based around the theme of making reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act 2010 is just around the corner. This inclusive event will occur on 17th June 2015 on the Chatham Maritime campus of Canterbury Christchurch University.   

The Community of Practice is looking for local people to present local good practice around the theme of reasonable adjustments, and to share their work on the Conference page. If you are interested in this, please download the below form and return it to kandmldcop@gmail.com before 4th May 2015.

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Take a look – Workforce Development for People with Intellectual Disabilities

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A comprehensive report by the Kent, Surrey and Sussex Intellectual Disabilities workforce has recently been published on behalf of NHS Health Education Kent Surrey and Sussex.     

The reason for this report is: 

There are an estimated 1017 qualified nurses working in the Intellectual Disability services in this demographic area.   However, data reviewed suggests that 64% of these nurses are working in the private and independent services.    It is estimated that over the next decade upwards of 42% of these nurses could retire.   Therefore, the education commissions for intellectual disability nurses are not meeting the supply needs of employers and it is quite difficult to recruit to. 

If you would like to read further please do access the attached documents which are also downloaded in an easy read format.

 

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