'10 days in hospital for a person over 80 is the equivalent of 10 years of deconditioning.'

The #ActiveRecovery pilot LCH NHS Trust is improving patient outcomes, getting people out of hospital faster and keeping them at home.

Watch the full film #RightToRehab @RCOT

Take short 'micro-breaks' (1-10 minutes) throughout the working day. Evidence shows these breaks can help us to manage our energy & maintain cognitive, emotional, creative & physical capacity. How to create micro-breaks during busy days:
1) Give yourself permission to take

Latest podcast just up and I talk to Prof Mark Wilcox about the rise of C. difficile infections in England. Is a new ribotype of concern and how does CDI find the cracks in healthcare delivery systems? Available on all podcast sites infectioncontrolmatters.podbean.com/e/c-difficile-…

Vessel Health & Preservation (VHP) Toolkit

Reminder that we have launched the VHP2020 web-based toolkit so you can view each of the vessel health and preservation sections easily on your smart phone, tablet or laptop

View here buff.ly/3O4jvqb

#InfectionPrevention #IPC

The saddest story Roald Dahl ever wrote- on the death of his daughter Olivia from measles. This is a deadly, highly infectious disease- if you haven’t had your child appropriately vaccinated, please do so. We must not go backwards #VaccinesWork

Ever wondered the size and colours of cannulas?! conor hamilton explains it beautifully here! QUBNursing&Midwifery #studentnurse #thirdyear #cannulation #clinicalskills #visuallearning

Thank you Jenny Scott 💙 for sharing your many pearls of wisdom on all things A&A @ NGH. It’s been great to here about the amazing impact your work is having on improving care across the trust!

Want to join our hospitals group as Head of OD and Inclusion? Exciting times ahead #cultural improvement #staff experience 👇👇 jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/joba…

From 4-5pm today, we are sharing...

Advice for PNAs from PNAs!

Thanks Stephanie Shea for sharing your advice from your experience as a PNA at Northampton General Hospital 💙

Steph is 100% confident in her advice!

UKHSA NHSE UTI prevention and awareness campaign launches today. See ways to avoid a Urinary Tract Infection here! UK Health Security Agency Wirral Community Health&Care NHS Foundation Trust Wirral Council NHS Cheshire and Merseyside #UTI #KEEPINGWELL

The Pathway dream team! 🥰 Sarah Coiffait 🌈 @SophieEMCCN

Just a quick reminder on the #ABCs of Antibiotics:
#Ask : Are these antibiotics necessary?
#Bacteria : Antibiotics don't kill viruses
#Complete the course of antibiotics to avoid resistance 💊💪 #Antibiotics #AntimicrobialResistance #AntibioticStewardship

Confidence in continence event in full swing Northampton General Hospital 💙 proving education on the management of continence from the F.I.T SDM council 💚
Lystra Cunningham Lizzie Lomax Enfield Holly Slyne Nerea Odongo RN Jo Smith Sara Hollis

So brilliant to have Charlotte McArdle Dep Chief Nursing Officer speaking at NHSE at IPC Route to Net Zero. We desperately need this leadership for sustainability and look forward to working together to make change happen. #IPCNetZero IPS

Listening to Heidi Barnard putting the enormity of the journey to net zero into perspective #ipcnetzero Scary stuff😨

Excellent talk from Heidi Barnard IPS #IPCNetZero conference showing how IPC and sustainability are not mutually exclusive - we must work together to maintain patient safety and also reduce unnecessary waste 👏

Find out how we can help you reduce infections and keep healthcare environments clean #sustainably , with our powerful chlorine-free cleaning and disinfection system.

We’re at #IPSNetZero today, come and say hi!

#IPC #InfectionPrevention #IPSEvents #diffxdoesit #IPC NetZero

Welcome to those attending today’s “IPC Route to Net Zero” conference – both The BCEC Birmingham & online!

Hosted by the #IPS #Sustainability Group

If you are attending please share using #IPCNETZERO

Full details online: buff.ly/3NwPtMl

#InfectionPrevention #IPS Events

Powerful research evidence from Charlotte Rizen showing what is possible - huge reductions in carbon footprint through moving to reusables in surgery. Read her work here pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34849606/ #IPCNetZero IPS

Joined IPS #IPCNetZero conference via live stream. Excellent programme, looking forward to the learning Well done Graham Pike 🌱 💚 and team