Guest guest Posted October 20, 2004 Report Share Posted October 20, 2004 This is not a good appointment for health visiting. Why should the onus for hospital cleanliness be on nurses? I think more hand basins & 'touch free soap dispensers & taps' are needed, and everyone taught how to wash hands properly (i say this from direct observations) having seen physios, nurses and doctors just rinse their hands for <30 seconds without having soaped them. Vina Cowley <sarah.cowley@...> wrote: Beasley, formerly Regional Nursing Director for London and chair of the J M Consulting review (1998) that recommended disbanding the health visiting register, lately of the Modernisation Agency, has been appointed Chief Nursing Officer, with hospital cleanliness as a special responsibility. The press release says: 'Health Secretary Reid today appointed Beasley as England's new Chief Nursing Officer. He said her top priority is to improve hospital cleanliness and tackle MRSA and other hospital infections. ' best wishes -- Professor Cowley Head of Public Health and Health Services Research Section Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery King's College London 5th floor, Waterloo Bridge Wing, lin Wilkins Building 150 Stamford Street London SE1 9NN T: 020 7848 3030 (p.a. Caroline ex 3023) F: 020 7848 3764 E: sarah.cowley@... http://www.kcl.ac.uk/nursing/research/women.htmlHome address: 1 Dickens Road, Flitwick, Bedfordshire, MK45 1QB. Tel: 01525 754456. Fax: 01525 715155. Mobile: 07752 307 488. ALL-NEW Messenger - all new features - even more fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 2004 Report Share Posted October 20, 2004 Oh Joy! Judy -----Original Message-----From: Cowley [mailto:sarah.cowley@...] Sent: 20 October 2004 15:29 Subject: New Chief Nurse Beasley, formerly Regional Nursing Director for London and chair of the J M Consulting review (1998) that recommended disbanding the health visiting register, lately of the Modernisation Agency, has been appointed Chief Nursing Officer, with hospital cleanliness as a special responsibility. The press release says: 'Health Secretary Reid today appointed Beasley as England's new Chief Nursing Officer. He said her top priority is to improve hospital cleanliness and tackle MRSA and other hospital infections. ' best wishes -- Professor Cowley Head of Public Health and Health Services Research Section Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery King's College London 5th floor, Waterloo Bridge Wing, lin Wilkins Building 150 Stamford Street London SE1 9NN T: 020 7848 3030 (p.a. Caroline ex 3023) F: 020 7848 3764 E: sarah.cowley@... http://www.kcl.ac.uk/nursing/research/women.html ---Incoming mail is certified Virus Free.Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).Version: 6.0.777 / Virus Database: 524 - Release Date: 14/10/2004 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.777 / Virus Database: 524 - Release Date: 14/10/2004 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 2004 Report Share Posted October 20, 2004 do I sense a smidgen of anxiety at this appoinment? Lets hope for all of us she gets on the case of MRSA, but then leaves that to those on the ground (quickly) and sets about giving us some clear direction on all the issues that concern us in the community. i.e. no staff. Kathy Soderquist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 22, 2004 Report Share Posted October 22, 2004 Kathy and all, I must say that my thought on reading the press release, was how awful it must have been for to be pushed forward with this agenda of being 'cleaner-in-chief,' leading the new workforce of 'matrons' along with the announcement that she entered nursing in 1962. What that says about nursing is one thing; what it says about the now highly political nature of this appointment is another. It seems this post is no longer about leadership for the nursing professions: it is about delivering the political agenda. Not, as Vina says, that getting about a bucket and broom is going to change the MRSA situation, although I can see that there is a place for ward nurses having a clearer focus on prevention of cross-infection. best wishes kms160360@... wrote: do I sense a smidgen of anxiety at this appoinment? Lets hope for all of us she gets on the case of MRSA, but then leaves that to those on the ground (quickly) and sets about giving us some clear direction on all the issues that concern us in the community. i.e. no staff. Kathy Soderquist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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