Nurse Consultants Nurse Consultants Special Interest Special Interest

GroupGroupChairman’s Report July 07 Chairman’s Report July 07

Clare Abley – Nurse Consultant Vulnerable Clare Abley – Nurse Consultant Vulnerable Older Adults – Newcastle upon TyneOlder Adults – Newcastle upon Tyne

Outline • Meetings – frequency and

attendance • Contributing to BGS work• Presence at Scientific meetings• Sharing best practice• Influencing national agenda

Contributing to BGS Work

• Input to adjudication for posters for Scientific Meetings

• A&R Committee• Policy Committee• Launch of Dignity Campaign• Dunhill Research Fellowships• Guidelines on Advance Statements and

Advance Decisions • Reviewer for a Continence Initiative

Presence at Scientific Meetings

• Concurrent session planned and organised by Nicky Hayes

• Focus on Contemporary Issues – Dignity in care– Nurse Led Intermediate Care– Nursing Leadership in the Care of Older

People in Europe • Established a poster section • Eva Huggins prize for best poster

Sharing Best Practice• Practice Development Strategy for

Community Hospitals• Falls Prevention Programme• Doctorate Research on Intermediate Care• Research on ability of people with

dementia to respond to emotion• Mental Capacity Act

Influencing the National Agenda

• Ask the Experts page• Modernising Nursing Careers• Common Assessment Framework

for Adults