In Part 2 of her latest Blog, Evonne T Curran continues to reflect on how infection prevention and control guidelines evolved and how errors and flaws continued to be included. Part 1 of the blog can be accessed by clicking here. Lack of IPC oversight grew As guidance writers became ever more distant from the […]
In Evonne T Curran’s latest two part blog she reflects on her life working in infection prevention and control (IPC) and how guidelines have been used and how IPC professionals need to become experts in error, prevention, detection and correction. “IPC nurses do not control infection, we have to get everyone else to do it […]
Hand hygiene is important but not the top way to prevent healthcare infections—airborne and other routes play a bigger role
In the second of two part blogs, Dr Evonne T Curran, a retired infection prevention control (IPC) nurse, continues to draws on historical examples to highlight the need for IPC professionals to question what they think they know – just because you’ve always been taught that something is right doesn’t mean it is. Evidence from […]
In this two part blog, Dr Evonne T Curran, a retired infection prevention control (IPC) nurse, draws on historical examples to highlight the need for IPC professionals to question what they think they know – just because you’ve always been taught that something is right doesn’t mean it is. Evidence from the ongoing covid pandemic […]
Enough of the errors – we need courageous people to take truly courageous steps to stop healthcare worker harms – Part 2 This is the second part of a blog by our infection prevention and control advisor, Dr Evonne T Curran. In the second half of this blog Evonne continues to describe the truly courageous […]
Read David Osborn’s latest blog by clicking here. It’s incredibly topically given the witness testimony at the UK Covid Inquiry this week. Our Chair is one of the colleagues mentioned in the blog in relation to a meeting with the head of the IPC Cell in August 2022. As a charity set up to support […]
The way that an organisation manages its activities is known as ‘governance’. Good governance will lead to high standards of ethics, morality, care and compassion for the people who work within it and those who may be affected by its acts and omissions. Hence, when applied to a whole country, it is known as ‘Government’, its departments and agencies.
Those of you who watched the recent BBC Panorama programme, ‘Forgotten heroes of the Covid frontline’ will have been appalled at the scandal that now confronts so many frontline staff for whom we stood outside our front doors and clapped so enthusiastically back in those dark days at the height of the pandemic.
This blog is dedicated to those ‘forgotten heroes’.
Summary LinkedIn removed a blog proving COVID is airborne, raising concerns over censorship, misinformation control, and possible political influence. This week’s blog is written by David Osborn (@SafeDavid3). In the past week an incident has caused me to ponder who controls what is considered misinformation on social media. A blog written by an expert colleague […]
Summary David Osborn reflects on Long Covid, unsafe PPE, and failures to protect healthcare workers during the pandemic. This week’s blog is written by David Osborn (@SafeDavid3), a health and safety consultant, reflecting on the blog written by Anna Carey regarding her guilt about not being able to return to work because of her Long […]
This is the third of three blogs by one of our supporters Dr Jenny Ceolta Smith. In part 3 she writes about my lessons learnt while advocating and share my personal insights into what might support our health and wellbeing while advocating. Drawing by @ColinGBarrow Laying out by the side of the pool: lessons learnt: […]
This is the second of three blogs by one of our supporters Dr Jenny Ceolta Smith. In part 2 she reflects on the personal value, benefits, and rewards of advocacy and the drawbacks I have experienced. Drawing by @ColinGBarrow taken from the Royal College of Occupational Therapists’ OT News piece in 2021: Riding the waves […]
This is the first of three blogs written by one of our supporters Dr Jenny Ceolta-Smith (@JCeoltaSmith). So, how and when did my Long Covid advocacy begin? Back in 2020 I was working as an occupational therapy lecturer and researcher four days a week and had not long finished a temporary role working one day […]
