Patient Charter
- Over half a million UK patients with respiratory disease may be getting the wrong diagnosis and care
New Patient Charter empowers patients and encourages partnership - Download free poster
Primary Care nurses should display their certificates of accredited education in the consulting room and make sure that this education is detailed in practice leaflets and websites. This is just one of the key messages to come from our new Patient Charter for managing long term conditions.
Your education, evidence-based knowledge and skills are vital tools in building trust with your patients, and a patient who trusts you is more likely to listen to what you have to say. If you can relate your education to patient benefits then your consultation can be off to a good start while the patient is still in the waiting room!
Patients may assume you have good quality education but are often afraid to ask. The Patient Charter is designed to help more patients have the confidence to ask the right questions and help them build trusting relationships with their health team. You can make it even easier for your patients by displaying evidence of your accredited continuing professional development prominently in your workplace.
- View the full Press Release (PDF)
- View the full Press Release (Word)
A free pull-out A3 poster of the new Patient Charter for your waiting room notice board is included in the March edition of the British Journal of Primary Care Nursing.
To register online free of charge, visit the BJPCN Respiratory website at: www.bjpcn-respiratory.com/
Over half a million UK patients with respiratory disease may be getting the wrong diagnosis and care
New survey finds many practice nurses are assuming clinical roles for which they have not been properly trained.
As many as 4,498 nurses working with patients with respiratory disease may not be providing appropriate care or treatment for their patients with asthma or COPD.
638,000 people with long term respiratory health conditions could be receiving their diagnosis, treatment and ongoing care from practice nurses who have not been adequately trained for that role according to the findings of a national survey conducted by the Charity Education for Health.
- View the full Press Release (PDF)
- At a glance Key Facts & Statistics (PDF)
- National Survey Summary (PDF)
New collaborative arrangement enables FREE access to eGuidelines for our e-Newsletter readers
Education for Health and Medendium Group Publishing (MGP) Ltd are collaborating on some exciting new projects in 2008. An early benefit for readers of the Education for Health e-Newsletter Taking Action is free registration to eGuidelines.co.uk. The normal rate for an annual subscription is £60 + VAT.
The eGuidelines site offers full access to all the guideline summaries from the Guideline handbook, and every article from the 'Guidelines in Practice' monthly journal.
Liz Bryant, Clinical Lecturer in Long-Term Conditions and Head of Student Support says, "The eGuidelines website offers quick, easy and reliable access to national guidelines. Free access is a real bonus to everyone interested in evidence-based practice."
You can register free for our e-Newsletter and receive details about free access to eGuidelines..
2008 Course Programme - All courses can be 'locally delivered'
The new Course Programme contains the dates and locations of all courses which are enrolling now. It also acts as a check list of courses which can be delivered in your local area. This means that you can arrange for continuing professional development to be based around the wider needs of your practice, team or care pathway.
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Team training can sometimes be the difference between whether or not learning is actually implemented post course. Whilst good quality education is key, a lack of shared understanding between health professionals in the same practice or locality can prevent knowledge taking root and undermine new found competence and confidence. |
With more than 50 courses and programmes in respiratory, cardiovascular and allergic disease, including new courses in Diabetes, Stroke and CVD Risk assessment you can access one of the largest flexible distance learning programmes in the world, right on your doorstep.
