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More media coverage following on from yesterday’s story in The Guardian on nurses cleaning wards in place of cleaners. The Daily Mirror and The Guardian quote Janet Davies saying: “Nursing staff are already over-stretched and should not be taken away from patient care. Reports of trusts not being able to hire cleaners owing to financial constraints are worrying. We will be seeking an urgent meeting with Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust to discuss this further." The Daily Mirror also carries a leader piece.
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Nurses clean wards as cover for cleaners: The Guardian reports that nurses have been asked to clean wards because there is "not sufficient funding to provide a 24/7 cleaning service" at an indebted hospital. According to board papers posted online last week, nursing staff at Mid Yorkshire Hospitals trust have been forced to clear up in acute and general admission wards in part because at one site "two days a week [cleaners are] not provided" - despite warnings that this would divert them from patient care.
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There were widespread reports on Saturday on the tribute to the NHS in the Olympic opening ceremony. The ceremony featured hundreds of nurses and staff and patients from Great Ormond Street Hospital. Janet Davies was quoted by Press Association as saying: “As well as celebrating the best of sport, the Games are a celebration of the best of Britain and this firmly includes NHS workers. We are delighted that nurses will play a prominent role in the Olympics, from appearing in the opening ceremony itself, to looking after the health needs of the millions visiting the Games.”
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There are 4,500 fewer nurses in the health service than two years ago, according to figures from the NHS Information Centre workforce statistics.The figures show that there were 4,661 fewer qualified nurses, midwives and health visitors in April 2012 than there were two years earlier, a total drop of 0.2%. Janet Davies, Executive Director, was quoted in The Daily Telegraph saying: “You can’t lose more than 4,500 nurses, midwives and health visitors without seriously damaging patient care”.
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The Daily Mail includes a feature article on the issue of dehydration in hospitals. The article highlights the case of Kane Gorny who died in hospital in May 2009. The piece mentions the Royal College of Nursing report, Water For Health, published five years ago, which warned that 'dehydration can cause rapid deterioration requiring complex, costly and invasive clinical interventions, with many patients suffering devastating long-term outcomes, resulting in loss of independence and dignity'. It also talks about the culture of hospital, where dehydration should be everyone’s business including senior staff.
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