Lesley Turner

We are recruiting in our midwifery team jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?r… please get in touch for an informal chat, we would love to hear from you

We found evidence that lower than expected midwifery staffing levels is associated with more postpartum readmissions. Latest from @arc_wessex @HSciences @workforcesoton @JaneEBall @Kitson_Reynolds doi.org/10.1136/bmjope…

Among 106,904 maternal admissions, understaffing by registered midwives was associated with an 11% increase in harmful incidents. doi.org/10.1186/s12913… latest from @turnel @arc_wessex @HSciences @HSciences

@Dalvir_Kandola @FiMccarron @ClaireHooks @JudeField @nandi_simpson @Stringer4Kate @DrAngelaK @ProfJennyGamble @SandallJane Lovely to meet you @Dalvir_Kandola good luck on your PhD journey, fabulous day today!

NEW: Lower nurse staffing in A&E is associated with delays in patients receiving treatments and poor quality care - including an increase in leaving without being seen, delay in accessing treatments and medications, and cardiac arrest. ⁦@JdaDrennan⁩ sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

@PPI_poppet sorry to hear this Frankie, lots of love x

We’ve had a bit of a mare with Joe last night and today. Taken pm as leave as I’m shattered & needed to calm him down. His foot is looking a lot less ‘angry’ but he’s afraid of it hurting again so won’t weight bear. I’m going to see if I can hire a walking frame over the weekend.

Thank you to everyone who’s watched our latest Panorama and engaged in discussion about how maternity care can be improved. If you’ve not managed to watch it yet, it’s on the iPlayer. bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

A final plea: if you are an RN/RMHN working in Mental Health - please tell us about your work life and views. We want to be able to tell employers & policy makers how things are, and what needs to change to make work lives better in this important sector. Closes on 28 Jan. 🙏

Interested in developing your academic career in health workforce? Take a look at the posts currently being advertised @HSciences @unisouthampton - an opportunity to join one of the top teams in the UK (indeed the world) on the sunny South Coast jobs.ac.uk/enhanced/linki…

So sad and avoidable. Safe staffing needs to be prioritised bbc.co.uk/news/health-67…

Jamie Turner is fundraising for Alzheimer's Society (justgiving.com)

A very worthwhile pledge as we see in the new year, very proud of our marathon runner in the making! hope the next 14 weeks training go smoothly justgiving.com/fundraising/br…

@taliaem12 @ora_dall @workforcesoton @ZEjebu Congratulations Talia!

The first paper from my PhD is now available! 🎉 What factors do nurses consider as important when choosing their shift patterns? Take a look at our analysis of nurses' preferences for working time: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jo… @ora_dall @workforcesoton @ZEjebu

#safestaffing We have the evidence. We don’t need to keep proving that not having enough RNs is dangerous. It’s time to act, to safeguard nursing for the benefit of all patients. youtu.be/snTnciZxLQU?si…

@PPI_poppet Merry Christmas and thank you for the beautiful growing card 💕

Merry Christmas & Holidays from me & the lads 💚⛄️❄️🎄

Birthrate Plus® is widely used to guide safe staffing in maternity services - a lot has been written about it, but in what sense is it an 'evidence-based' method? In terms of traditional hierarchies of evidence, the evidence is weak. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Our recent studies have shown that low allied health professional staffing is associated with higher mortality doi.org/10.5258/SOTON/…, but overall there is very little research doi.org/10.1186/s12960…

@hazard_leah @Saltire_Society Congratulations Leah 🎉🥳👏