Lightbulb innovations
As part of the RCN's Frontline First campaign, nurses have submitted innovations that they have implemented, so that we can celebrate and record all the great work being done by nurses. The following is a growing list of some of these innovations: we call them "lightbulb innovations".
- A new model for community nursing
Marina Lupari, Northern Health and Social Care Trust, Northern Ireland - Reaching out to substance misusers
NHS Wakefield District Community drug treatment team - Early warning system for pressure ulcers
Carol Gill, Bradford and Airedale Community Health Services - Utilising telemedicine to manage patients with chest pain in the community
Mike Paynter, Somerset Community Health - Bringing anorexia care closer to home
Sue Kelly, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust - Easing the pain of hip fractures
Mandy Layzell, Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch NHS Foundation Trust - A web based self-help programme for people with stress
Steve Cottrell, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (Colwyn Bay) - Alleviating the stress of IBS
Helen Bremner, Sandwell PCT - Nurse-led cardiac day lounge
Nuala Cummins, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust - Board games aid health promotion in people with learning disabilities
Mary Codling, NHS Berkshire West - Better ulcer treatment designed by nurse
Linda Harris, Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust - Home pulse oximetry service
Anne Harvey, Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust - The care and dignity of older people in hospital
Amanda Futers, University Hospital of North Staffordshire - Nurse-led carpal tunnel service
Louise Ainsworth, NHS Stockport - Supported discharge and admission avoidance for people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Alison Graham, Central and Eastern Cheshire PCT - Precious time
Julia Shirtliffe, East Anglia Children's Hospice, Quidenham, Norfolk - Developing a Nurse Led Clinic and Independent Prescribing in a Specialist Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Team
Julie Jacobs and Morag Niven, Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust