Nurses Continue Influencing Campaign, Wales

Main Category: Nursing / Midwifery
Article Date: 03 Dec 2009 - 1:00 PDT

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The RCN in Wales launched the third and final year of its Get it Right campaign this month.

The Get it Right campaign topics have been identified by RCN Wales in its survey of members' opinions and the series of briefings have been put together with involvement from activists across Wales. The briefings set out clearly and straightforwardly the views of RCN Wales on the most important health issues the Welsh Assembly Government will face this year.

The "Get It Right" Campaign has four strands - Right Numbers, Right Skills, Right Work Place and Public Health Public Service. To achieve world-class health care in Wales there needs to be sufficient numbers of nurses to deliver that care, they need to have the right skills and they need to be supported by the right polices in their work place.

The third year of the RCN Get it Right campaign will see the organisation raise issues such as neonatal services, tobacco control, dignity of care, research and development, emergency care services and learning disabilities.

Ahead of the launch David Williams, vice-chair of the RCN Welsh Board said, "We have seem some real successes from the Get it Right Campaign. These topics were chosen and written by members from across Wales and I am very proud as nurse of the influence we have had. Our primary role is to care for patients and it is a nursing responsibility to influence that care to make sure it gets better."

Tina Donnelly Director of RCN Wales, said: "We have received support for the Get it Right campaign across all the political parties represented at the National Assembly for Wales. My message is that years of evidence based research clearly referenced in this campaign demonstrates beyond doubt that the right number of registered nurses means the right care for patients. The campaign is about providing the right care in the right place at the right time."

The launch of the Get it Right campaign will be hosted by Darren Millar AM, the chair of the National Assembly for Wales Health & Social Policy Group, said: "Safe staffing numbers means safe patient care - the evidence base for this is clear and the Welsh Assembly Government should respect this when it comes to public spending cuts. RCN Wales Get it Right campaign is a good example of how the RCN really contributes constructively to the policy debate."

Notes

The RCN represents nurses and nursing, promotes excellence in practice and shapes health policies. Copies of the Get it Right briefings are available by request.

Source
Royal College of Nursing

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