Technological innovation offers opportunities to improve mental health care, however, little evidence exists regarding attitudes of inpatient staff and patients to such changes. We present a survey of staff and patients prior to introduction of a digital version of the National Early Warning Score (eNEWS) system for identifying physical deterioration.. To read the full article, log in using your NHS Athens details. To access full-text: click “Log in/Register” (top right hand side). Click ‘Institutional Login’ then select 'OpenAthens Federation', then ‘NHS England’. Enter your Athens details to view the article.
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Innovative “Physical Health Skills Passports” document the specific training the Trust’s nurses now undergo in assessing and treating physical health conditions such as diabetes and lung disease, which are significantly more prevalent in serious mental health conditions.
But the study only compared two products, and also only looked at one organism, which doesn't cause infection in humans.
Examining the effectiveness of a wider range of products against other types of infectious organisms, such as viruses and fungi, as well as other strains of bacteria, would be required before we can safely say whether cold water is just as effective as hot.
Results from an RCN survey of mental health nursing staff show more than half think mental health equality hasn’t been achieved five years after the Westminster Government pledged to introduce measures to ensure people with serious mental health problems had the same access to treatment as that experienced by people with physical health problems
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The Poplars unit is part of South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
We provide services for people with a diagnosis of Dementia, and people experiencing memory problems.
For hydration week we held a garden party for the service users and IT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS!!
From the decorations to the food- all were made by staff and service users.
The Bretton centre is a low secure inpatient service provided by South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS foundation Trust.
We all know that good physical health can be a key part of overall wellbeing, and with this in mind we have developed a great service model which has increased the level of gym facilitation, gym access, fitness and wellbeing for our service users.
People with a mental illness are more susceptible to physical ill health than the general population, which leads to significantly higher mortality rates among this group. Reasons for this include lifestyle factors such as smoking, lack of exercise and poor diet. Inadequate knowledge and skills about physical health among mental health nurses can lead to uncoordinated care and inadequate access to physical health services for people with mental ill health. To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details.
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This article presents to implementation service evaluation/quality improvement initiative in one NHS trust which involved the implementation of the Modified Early Warning Scoring System (MEWS) that enables staff to assess, recognise and respond to the physical health needs of people with mental health problems or a learning disability in an inpatient setting.
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