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International Women's Day: a message from the Chief Nurse for Adult Social Care

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Ethnically diverse social care nurses having a team meeting

International Women’s Day is one of the most important awareness raising events of the year for Deborah Sturdy, Chief Nurse for Adult Social Care, not least because around 80 percent of people working in the social care profession are women...

The principles of delegated healthcare

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The further embedding of delegated healthcare interventions in the care workforce represents the ongoing initiative to marry social care experience with clinical excellence to deliver enhanced, high quality and consistent care. Deborah Sturdy, Chief Nurse for Adult Social Care, and Oonagh Smyth, CEO Skills for Care give an update.

Forging the next generation of social care nursing leaders

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Happy social care nurse

Deborah Sturdy, Chief Nurse for Adult Social Care, is pleased to be working with the Florence Nightingale Foundation to launch a new social care leadership development programme specifically for nurses from black and ethnic minority backgrounds. Find out more in her latest blog...

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