Northern Ireland Archived News: 2011

Nov - Dec 2011

NMC/Regulatory Update: Rules will give registrants clarity over delegation ; Revalidation feedback being analysed ; Latest NMC Reviews ;

HPC Update: HPC Chair provides evidence to Commons Health Committee ; Latest edition of HPC In Focus

Poots launches £18m state-of-the-art Telemonitoring NI service

Technology can empower the patient and power the economy

Minister launches consultation on shared service in health and social care Last month contracts for new shared services IT systems were awarded that will contribute to savings of over £100million over the next decade

Glengormley man fined for internet sales of unlicensed prescription-only medicines

Health Minister sees cutting edge diagnostic technology at Randox Laboratories

New technologies benefit both the patient and the economy

Sept - Oct 2011
NMC/Regulatory Update: NMC welcomes new Director of Registrations ; New procedures for reviewing fitness to practise referrals ;FtP Fact Sheet ; Refresh of Prep handbook

HPC Update: Latest edition of HPC In Focus

JAC wins Northern Ireland e-prescribing

Poots welcomes robotic dispensing at Belfast City Hospital

BCS Health to develop CCIO job guide

Patients must be involved in health and social care decisions – Poots

August 2011

NMC/Regulatory Update: NMC emphasises vital role of employers in public protection ; Supervisors could assess nurses as part of regulatory shake-up ; Care is priority, not costs; Latest NMC Review Magazine available on line

HPC Update: Latest In Focus ; Health Professions Council (HPC) launches new free iPhone app

New base in Scotland for the NMC is also the base for the Assistant Director for Northern Ireland Affairs.

New imaging systems will provide real benefits for patients

The Advanced Nursing Practice Toolkit has been re-launched and is a UK wide repository for consistent, credible and helpful resources relating to advanced practice

Poots publishes details of Health and Social Care Review

Portadown Health and Care Centre model the way forward

July 2011
NMC/Regulatory Update: Advice by topic ; Sign up for fortnightly NMC Newsletter ;

HPC Update: Updating the 'Guidance on health and character' ; On line registration renewal Current In Focus. Understanding HPC Fitness to Practice Hearings

Health Minister's Address to the annual CNO Conference

Vision for health and social care in Northern Ireland

Nurses are ideally placed to develop new and innovative ways of delivering care

Health Minister launches consultation in Advocacy Services

Does clinical coordination improve quality and save money?

May - June

NMC/Regulatory Update: NMC backs government safeguarding adults plans ; The code and patient choice

HPC Update: HPC responds to The Munro Review of Child Protection. Current In Focus