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When the term nurse consultant was first really taken on board by the Department of Health within its White Paper, Making a Difference, it came as a bit of a shock to many people, including some within the DOH, Frances Coldstream, Nurse Consultant at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital Trust, London, told another afternoon session | ||||||||
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"Within this document there was no definition of a nurse consultant as such. And it is still not clear whether there is a definition," she said. But Making a Difference was not just about launching the nurse consultant role, she continued. It looked at the role's potential within the NHS. One road would be to use the recommendations of a framework document from the Kidney Alliance, which the Alliance hopes will be used by a variety of people and groups to improve equity and quality in renal care, she said. Frances Coldstream then discussed the seven national service standards this document set out and how nurse consultants could play a key role in the provision of pre-dialysis care. "Both the developing role of the nurse consultant and the area of pre-dialysis care are exciting developments which can be brought together to enhance patient care. For information about The Pre-dialysis Forum send an email to info@predialysis.org "Both areas merit interest and research to take what has been achieved so far forward," Frances Coldstream concluded. In his welcoming letter to the conference, president of the British Renal Symposium Dr Donal O'Donoghue hoped that delegates would enjoy participating in the symposium. Judging from the number of questions from the floor each presentation generated it seemed his hopes were fulfilled.
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