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Department of Nursing and Midwifery final-year and second- year students called into action against the coronavirus
Crownbridge School receives ‘Trauma and Mental Health Informed School Award’
Crownbridge School in Torfaen is celebrating having been named the first special school in Wales to receive a ‘Trauma and Mental Health Informed School Award’ for its commitment to children’s mental health as well as its relational approach to wellbeing and behaviour management. The award was presented by not-for-profit The Centre for Child Mental Health (CCMH) and Trauma Informed Schools UK (TIS UK), providers of trauma and mental health training for teachers and education staff across the UK. Crownbridge’s intervention showed significant improvements in behaviour,
academic attainment, staff wellbeing and reduced disruptions. Catering for children and young people with severe learning difficulties aged from 2 to 19, the school is located across two education sites in Torfaen. Over one in three (34%) pupils are eligible for free school meals – significantly more than the average of 19% for Wales. The school received an Estyn (the Welsh equivalent of Ofsted) rating of ‘Excellent’ in 2014. In order to effectively address its specific challenges, Crownbridge
implemented a relational approach to support a whole school cultural change, with carefully constructed personalised plans delivered within an empathic environment. In doing so, they have managed to support young people with highly complex needs that have been previously failed by the education system and help them to become fully integrated members of the school community. One parent commented that Crownbridge had ‘opened the door to the world’ for her child. The emotional wellbeing of staff is equally important, and there is a dedicated space for teachers in which to spend time and to relax, including a garden area.
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In England, there is a pool of 18,000 final-year students who – with the agreement of the Government and various bodies in tandem with the Nursing and Midwifery Council – will be able to spend the closing months of their courses on clinical placement in hospitals. They include over 400
students at the University of Huddersfield’s Department of Nursing and Midwifery, which offers more than 40 degree courses in all aspects of healthcare. The Department’s Head, Professor Barry Tolchard, has been working closely with NHS trusts so that Huddersfield students are best deployed around the region. Many of the University’s experienced health tutors will also be helping out as well. Although the students have not finalised their degrees, they all have experience of working in hospitals and other healthcare settings. For example, degrees such as the three-year Nursing (Adult) BSc include clinical placements throughout the course in settings that include hospitals, nursing homes and in the community. In addition to extensive real-world experience, Huddersfield students are
also taught via sophisticated simulation technology, deployed in painstakingly recreated hospital “wards” at the University. One element of the arrangement reached by the Nursing and Midwifery Council is that students who spend the last six months of their courses on clinical placement – to provide vital reinforcements for the NHS – will not be disadvantaged in any way when it comes to their degree classification and career prospects. The deployment of large numbers of students comes as more than 7,500
former NHS staff have heeded the Government’s call to rejoin the health service and help tackle the coronavirus outbreak. At the University of Huddersfield, Deputy Vice-Chancellor Professor Tim Thornton said that he was proud of the role that the Department of Nursing and Midwifery and its students would play in rising to the challenge of Coronavirus. “We have been training a large cohort of excellent professionals who really
will make a difference,” he added.
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Coventry University delivers mindfulness sessions to NHS frontline staff
response to the unprecedented difficulties that NHS frontline staff are facing during this COVID-19 outbreak, including extreme work pressures, moral and ethical dilemmas and psychological distress. Apart from the mindfulness sessions, the university has also provided links
Coventry University is delivering mindfulness and compassion sessions to NHS staff who are working in frontline roles to combat the COVID-19 outbreak. The first session was held on Monday 6 April for paramedics and nurses who are undertaking the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care course, a top-up degree course designed for qualified clinicians. The session focused on showing participants how to calm the nervous system through meditation and breathing exercises. The sessions are being offered to all 213 students on the course in
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to 'MIND' advice for NHS staff and the 'Headspace' App (free for NHS staff to download for the next three months) as well as other resources. Dr Liz Sparkes, Course Director, MSc Mindfulness and Compassion at Coventry University, said: “NHS frontline staff are working under enormous pressure during this crisis, and it’s important that they also get the support they need to promote their mental wellbeing. These sessions will support individuals to release tension and unease held in the body, supporting a calmer nervous system which enables clearer thought, better sleep and wellbeing. Being under enormous amounts of pressure and stress leaves the mind and body weakened. Engaging in breathing practice and compassion meditations supports the regaining of equilibrium.”
uwww.coventry.ac.uk April 2020
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