Prof David A Richards

'COVID NURSE' Randomised Controlled Trial of Fundamental Nursing Care during the COVID pandemic published today: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ja…

Worst. Calendar. Ever

Massive congratulations team 🥳 today being given a trust CARE award for our part in the @COVIDNURSEProj1 the amazing Anne, Hillyers ward teams & Covid Research team 👏👏💕Evaluating & evidencing Nursing care - let’s do more!!! @darichards3 @clairlharris @GSTTresearch @GSTTnhs

Look carefully. Really carefully. What do you see?

Lockdown looked very different inside and outside 10 Downing St. #NotLikeMyLockdown

Elderly relatives alone for Christmas. Last goodbyes with loved ones behind perspex sheets. Seeing grandchildren for the first time over Zoom. These are the sacrifices we made and why we can’t ‘move on’. CC: @harrietharman #NotLikeMyLockdown

Clever, powerful @38degrees cover to @yorkshirepost, contrasting #BorisJohnson’s #Partygate with the #lockdown suffered by many in #Yorkshire This isn’t going away & won’t be quickly forgotten #NotLikeMyLockdown #r4today

This image of the PM partying is made up of photos of people who stayed home to save lives - many making huge sacrifices to do so. The contrast couldn’t be more stark. We’re not ready to “move on” from Partygate. Join the campaign: notlikemylockdown.com #NotLikeMyLockdown

Also this pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34554585/

And this ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

@alisonleary1 @Yanarichens You have twice allocated unheld views to me here. I said nothing against addressing fears. But as COVID kills it’s a faustian choice between no carer and infected carer. And vaccination does reduce transmission and hence prevalence. No jab no job.

@alisonleary1 @Yanarichens Options? What ‘option’ does a care home resident have? Sit/lie there being wafted with Omicron because their carer is scared of a vaccine? Prioritising the personal over social responsibility is repulsive. Needs calling out.

@alisonleary1 @Yanarichens Compulsion is an option. Just saying.

@alisonleary1 @Yanarichens I’m not. My 85 year old mother’s life is more important. Period.

Latest blogpost for your amusement wanderingman.org/sat-on-my-cons…

3. The data analysis will happen in February and March. We aim to have the results of the study available in Spring 2022 and look forward to sharing them with you at the earliest opportunity. @NIHRresearch @The_MRC @UKRI_News

2. COVID-NURSE: the UK national clinical trial of fundamental nursing care for people in hospital with COVID-19 and their nursing care teams. #COVID19 @COVIDNURSEProj1 @ILCconnect2care @UniofExeter @ExeterMed @theRCN @WHO @wearenurses #CovidNews @teamCNO_

COVID-NURSE Trial: We did it! 1. Absolutely delighted to say we hit our recruitment target today. Thanks to all 581 patients who agreed to be part of our trial, the 418 nurses, the dedicated 14 local NHS teams who put in so much effort, and Exeter CTU 🎯

Between ⅓ and ½ of English nurses report fundamental nursing care is missed more often for patients in hospital with COVID-19 than for other patients, and say why #COVID19 @COVIDNURSEProj1 @teamCNO_ @WHO @ILCconnect2care Read the full report here bmcnurs.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

#COVID @bmj_latest @TheLancet @TheLancetInfDis @WHO @GlobalHealthBMJ @ScienceMagazine @Nature