The Electroconvulsive Therapy Accreditation Service (ECTAS) was launched in May 2003. Its purpose is to assure and improve the quality of the administration of electroconvulsive therapy. Participating clinics undergo a process of self- and peer-review. The Royal College of Psychiatrists' Court of Electors will award an accreditation rating to clinics that meet essential standards; this accreditation will last for 3 years, subject to annual self-review. Participating clinics will also receive feedback and advice about local strengths and areas for improvement. The accreditation service is endorsed by the Royal College of Nursing and the Royal College of Anaesthetists and has the support of the Healthcare Commission in relation to English services. Clinics that participate in ECTAS will be listed on the College website, with the accreditation rating awarded.
La señorita Yvonne Hentsch, ex subsecretaria general de la Liga de Sociedades de la Cruz Roja, falleció el 4 de mayo de 1991 en Ginebra a los 84 años de edad. Con ella desaparece una gran figura de la Cruz Roja y de la enfermería.Tras obtener el diploma de la Escuela de Enfermeras «La Source» de Lausana (Suiza), la más antigua escuela de enfermeras independientes del mundo (fundada en 1809), Yvonne Hentsch comenzó su carrera profesional en una maternidad de Bari, sur de Italia, antes de proseguir estudios superiores en el Bedford College de la Universidad de Londres, en el Royal College of Nursing de Londres y en Teachers College de la Universidad de Columbia de Nueva York.
This paper, based on research commissioned by the Royal College of Nursing (Buchan, 1995), reports on the changing working patterns and flexibility in the employment of nursing staff in the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK. It reviews relevant literature, examines official data and draws information from 12 case study NHS trusts. Flexibility is invariably portrayed as a good thing, and as a means to a positive end, yet is rarely defined in detail, if at all. The aim of this paper is to consider flexibility not as a slogan or panacea, but in terms of the rationales for, and likely effects of, changing patterns of nursing work. It examines the reasons why NHS employers have been attempting to increase the flexibility of their nursing workforce.
Subsequent full publication of qualitative studies presented at United Kingdom Royal College of Nursing Research Conference 2015 and 2016: A follow‐up study