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The hostile environment for immigrants is drawn from a well of taken-for-granted assumptions
Society, Politics & Law

The hostile environment for immigrants is drawn from a well of taken-for-granted assumptions

...nurse, and spent the rest of his life in the UK. His mother now believes that he was a victim of the Government’s so-called ‘hostile environment’ policy which was introduced by Theresa May when she was Home Secretary. The ‘Windrush scandal’ came to light as a result of excellent investigative journalism by Amelia Gentleman in The Guardian and was responsible for...
A year in review 2022
Education & Development

A year in review 2022

...nurses went on strike for the first time in England, Wales and Northern Ireland due to pay and patient safety concerns, and U.S. scientists made a major nuclear fusion breakthrough after 70 years of trying, revitalising hopes for unlimited zero-carbon energy in the future. New to OpenLearn: The Byzantine icon – a free course as interesting as the title sounds! And...
Women have heart attacks too - but why do they often go misdiagnosed?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Women have heart attacks too - but why do they often go misdiagnosed?

...nurses, doctors, dietitians, exercise physiologists and occupational therapists, reduce early death and are endorsed in clinical practice guidelines across the world. These programs address risk factors and teach people how to manage their illness. Although previously recommended mainly for individuals suffering a heart attack or coronary artery bypass surgery, the...
Supporting parents through pregnancy and birth distress
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting parents through pregnancy and birth distress

...Nursing, Social Work and Early years across two universities, including: Megan Harrison: Mother of 3 with lived experience of postnatal depression, 7 years on I am still recovering with the help of family and professional services. Finding the light. References Biggs, L. J., Jephcott, B., Vanderwiel, K., Melgaard, I., Bott, S., Paderes, M., Borninkhof, J. & Birks, M....
Co-production – challenges and opportunities for the Higher Education curriculum
Health, Sports & Psychology

Co-production – challenges and opportunities for the Higher Education curriculum

...nursing professions have sought to extend engagement across a wider range of activities, regulatory frameworks and standards assess ‘involvement’ rather than ‘co-production.’ It would be helpful if regulators directed higher education institutions (HEIs) to move beyond such consultation frameworks. Co-production rather than consultation requires a fundamental...
Innovation in health and social care practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Innovation in health and social care practice

...nurse or doctor at the GP surgery, pharmacists). Carers may also have to understand and engage with these new technologies. In fact, new technologies have implications for many health and social care workers, including: understanding the purpose and value of the technology to the care being provided understanding the technology and how to use it understanding any results...
Fake news during COVID-19
Science, Maths & Technology

Fake news during COVID-19

...Nursing homes and deaths in private homes have not consistently been included in mortality rates across areas, so we will likely see increases in death rates as other numbers are starting to be included. I am not sure if that will erode public trust; it seems expected that death tolls are hard to know in a particular moment. LEARN MORE: • Wondering how experts conduct...
Valuing death
Health, Sports & Psychology

Valuing death

...nurse, therapist and manager working in hospice and palliative care for 40 years. Barbara sets the scene - “‘I write this from the perspective of a white western European mother, grandmother. I know there will be people and cultures that will have different views about how we should prepare for death, but in this series of articles I will be focusing on my thoughts...