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Reviewing science funding
Science, Maths & Technology

Reviewing science funding

...Nurse review was keen to stress that funding priorities should be set by experts and not by politicians and argued that by bringing all the funding agencies together there is scope to share budgets, influence government research and reduce reporting costs. Great in theory, but with the proposal of having a board appointed by the government and reporting to a ministerial...
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Meet the OU experts behind 'Hospital'
Health, Sports & Psychology

Meet the OU experts behind 'Hospital'

...Nursing at The Open University, on what makes Hospital different from other programmes: "Unlike other hospital programmes which often focus predominately on patient experiences, production teams for ‘Hospitals’ had open access to all areas and all staff working within Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and were able to showcase the impact of decision making as a...
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The Experience and Memory of 11 November 1918
History & The Arts

The Experience and Memory of 11 November 1918

...nurse during the war – describes how she ‘went on automatically washing the dressing bowls in the annex outside my hut…The war was over; a new age was beginning; but the dead were the dead and would never return’.[11] These perspectives chime with contemporary views of the conflict: silence and solemnity, rather than celebration, typify today’s commemorative...
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How do we solve the social care funding problem?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How do we solve the social care funding problem?

...nurse, to check how the dementia is progressing. Only if there is also a health problem, such as an ulcer or an infection, does the NHS swing into action. The contrast between “health care” and “social care” is marked. And let’s forget the other option of “continuing care” funding for long-term illnesses because it is far from clear cut and has complex...
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What effects does mercury have on health and the environment?
Science, Maths & Technology

What effects does mercury have on health and the environment?

...nursing mothers? Infants can also be exposed to mercury compounds via breast-milk. In some fishing communities the concentration of mercury in children's hair is correlated with the duration of breast-feeding. Reports of high mercury levels in mothers and children mostly come from regions where people eat a lot of fish; for example, high levels of blood mercury have been...
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Can the NHS solve its bullying problem?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can the NHS solve its bullying problem?

...nurse has a moment of stress] This is not to suggest that everyone is actually a bully, but rather that bullying at work is painful in part because we are all involved. Whatever our role – for example the patients that stand by, the staff that turn a blind eye, the politicians that cut budgets and the bullies themselves – we all have a part to play in bullying...
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Are NHS-recommended mental health apps actually doing any good?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Are NHS-recommended mental health apps actually doing any good?

...nursing positions have been lost over the same period. As so many of us now have access to and rely on smartphones, one increasingly popular solution to this problem is the use of apps to provide automated forms of mental health treatment. Apps are relatively inexpensive, widely available and, unlike traditional NHS mental health services, can be used by more than one...
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The impact of COVID-19 on linguists and their mental health
Languages

The impact of COVID-19 on linguists and their mental health

...nurses and healthcare workers treating coronavirus patients have been starkly illustrated by a growing number of deaths which have been widely reported. The mental health of frontline staff has also attracted increasing attention, as they are believed to be at high risk of developing anxiety and burnout. But there are other professionals out there who face similar mental...
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