The Nursing and Midwifery Resource - Guidance for Best Practice on the Recruitment of Overseas Nurses and Midwives

Guidance for Best Practice on the Recruitment of Overseas Nurses and Midwives is prepared specifically for employers. The document includes a set of principles which are fundamental to the development of a model of transcultural nursing and midwifery. The document is based on the assumption that each potential employee has the qualifications and experience required to meet the criteria for registration as a nurse or midwife in Ireland Download the Report here

Guidance for those selling Tobacco Products

Guidance for those selling Tobacco Products PDF 417kb Prescribed Signage PDF 714kb

Imatges i paraules : poesia visual catalana a la primera avantguarda

Es pregunta pels trets característics de la poesia visual de la primera avantguarda, els que resten fidels a la inspiració europea i els que sorgeixen com a resposta particular mediatitzada per unes determinades condicions socioculturals, i de quina manera aquests trets prenen cos en la producció poètica.

Metastatic spinal cord compression: Implementing NICE guidance

Metastatic spinal cord compression: Implementing NICE guidanceThis presentation has been written to help you raise awareness of the NICE clinical guideline on Metastatic spinal cord compression: Diagnosis & management of adults at risk of and with MSCC. This guideline has been written for healthcare professionals and other staff who care for people with metastatic spinal cord compression..

Clean your hands: hand hygiene in the community - guidance

This leaflet is part of an extension of the cleanyourhands campaign, aimed at preventing the spread of healthcare associated infections (HCAIs) in community healthcare settings including primary care and dental services, residential and nursing homes (including independent sector homes), hospices and independent clinics/hospitals. It describes the campaign and outlines the campaign resources. Due to licensing restrictions, this folder is not available for download. Limited numbers are available from local HSC Trusts (Belfast HSCT and South Eastern HSCT on 028 9056 5862; Southern HSCT on 028 3741 2887; Northern HSCT on 028 2563 5575; Western HSCT on 028 7186 5127).

Librería visual adaptativa para integrar servicios de un touroperador en plataformas web

La innovación abierta (Open innovation) se presenta como una oportunidad para combinar los conocimientos internos de la venta de servicios vacacionales combinado con los conocimientos de tecnologías innovadoras. El desarrollo de una librería visual adaptativa pretende ser una solución a la tendencia de cambio actual y a las dificultades de integración de los servicios vacacionales. En el transcurso del proyecto se desarrolla un marco de trabajo que permita cumplir los objetivos marcados para la librería.

Guidance on food for religious faiths

This poster provides guidance for schools on foods for religious faiths.

Childhood immunisation: Guidance notes for professionals

This booklet summarises the childhood immunisation programme and provides guidance for professionals administering vaccines.

Planning Practice Guidance

The Department for Communities and Local Government has published National Planning Practice Guidance which recognises the importance of local infrastructure planning in the development of healthy communities. The guidance supports the National Planning Policy Framework and now includes a section on health and wellbeing. This guidance sets out the government’s planning policies for England and how these are expected to be applied by local authorities. A significant development in the guidance is the recognition of the important role the planning system can play in facilitating social interaction and creating healthy, inclusive communities. Local planning authorities should ensure that health and wellbeing, and health infrastructure are considered in local and neighbourhood plans and in planning decision making.

Issuing temperature guidance to consumers on the cooking and storage of food

Temperature control is critical to ensuring food safety for all consumers, currently there is much advice and guidance to consumers on this matter.

Behaviour change at population, community and individual levels: NICE Public Health Guidance 6

This guidance is aimed at those responsible for helping people to change their behaviour to improve their health. This includes policy makers and those working in local authorities and the community and voluntary sectors. It gives advice on how to plan and run relevant initiatives. The recommendations include the following advice: base interventions on a proper assessment of the target group, where they are located and the behaviour which is to be changed: careful planning is the cornerstone of success  work with other organisations and the community itself to decide on and develop initiatives build on the skills and knowledge that already exists in the community, for example, by encouraging networks of people who can support each other take account of and resolve problems that prevent people changing their behaviour (for example, the costs involved in taking part in exercise programmes or buying fresh fruit and vegetables, or lack of knowledge about how to make changes) base all interventions on evidence of what works train staff to help people change their behaviour evaluate all interventions.This resource was contributed by The National Documentation Centre on Drug Use.