Education for Health Awards Ceremony provides evidence of the key role that Healthcare Professionals hold in supporting the QIPP Agenda

12 July 2010

“Many nursing roles are demanding, require an advanced level of practice and clinical knowledge and are key to supporting the QIPP agenda. The shift of nursing towards an all graduate profession gives due credit to this and the important role that nurses have in preventing disease and disease progression through the highest quality care. Degree level education provides nurses with the decision making skills that they need to make high-level judgements in the changing NHS” commented Monica Fletcher, Chief Executive at Education for Health.

Jackie Walker from Cambridge, Karen Orr from Belfast and Jane McCarthy from Herefordshire, were just three of the graduates delighted to receive awards this year. Jackie Walker who works as a community based Respiratory Nurse Specialist was awarded with a First Class Honours Degree in Respiratory Care. She believes that it is studying with Education for Health that has enabled her to make more innovative use of the resources available to her and to use research evidence to find out what services apply to her specific patient population enabling her to improve productivity in her practice: “I now have a much greater understanding of the significance of research. I feel much more confident in being able to analyse research, differentiate between good and bad and appreciate how to use the good research to support my clinical practice”.

“We’re very proud of our graduates who all leave us as committed, knowledgeable healthcare providers, able to stand by their clinical opinions and make a real difference to patient care. It’s rewarding to know that as the number of healthcare professionals graduating with us continues to rise, even more patients will benefit as these healthcare professionals harness new innovations and ideas to ensure that they deliver the highest quality care” said Dr Samantha Walker, Director of Education and Research at Education for Health.

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