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• Adapting the hospital passport for patients with dementia

  Many of us will be familiar with the use of hospital passports for those with learning disabilities. At a care home in Scotland, a student nurse has come up with a way of adapting hospital passports more widely to encourage a holistic, person-centred approach for those living with dementia. Carol Dale tells us about this development and the impact it is having on improving system flow across care settings.

• Using technology to improve pain management in care homes

  Last September Q member Carol Dale started as the Royal College of Nursing Scotland Lead Nurse for independent health and social care in Scotland, a newly-created role in the RCN. As part of her brief, Carol has been learning about how independent care nurses are exploring ways to improve pain management, including using digital technology.

• How prioritising staff wellbeing can lead to higher engagement and productivity

  Q member, Carol Dale explains how five actions and a six-word mantra supported her team’s wellbeing when some NHS 24 staff made the shift to home-based working in response to the pandemic

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