Health of community nurses: a case for workplace wellness schemes

Community nursing is associated with stress and burnout, which can impact heavily on the individual and the NHS both economically and on the quality of patient care. Recent Government publications have called for an increase in workplace health schemes, with the public sector ‘leading by example’. As the largest employer in Europe, the NHS is well placed to develop workplace wellness schemes to address the health needs of staff and to indirectly influence primary prevention among patients. Lessons from an innovative employee wellness programme in an NHS hospital setting demonstrates that such schemes may positively alter individual health and attitudes towards the employer. There is scope for development of such schemes to improve health and well-being in community nurses

Ethnicity in the North East An overview

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Developing the knowledge economy through university linkages: An exploration of RDA strategies through case studies of two English regions

Since their inception in 1999, England’s Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) have played a significant and growing role in realizing the potential benefits of the UK science base. This paper explores the innovation strategies being delivered by two RDAs, in the north-east of England (One North East) and the south-east of England (SEEDA), which have faced contrasting challenges in delivering improved innovation performance. The authors conclude with an agenda for future research concerning the development of regional triple helix systems, based on contrasts drawn.<br/

Rethinking the Creative City The Role of Complexity, Networks and Interactions in the Urban Creative Economy

This article engages with the current research and debate about the creative city and the importance of cultural infrastructure in contemporary cities. It argues that much of the focus has been around the investment of cities in specific regeneration projects or flagship developments rather than addressing the nature of the infrastructure, networks and agents engaging in the city's cultural development. The complexity theory and its associated principles can provide a new understanding of the connection between the urban space and the systems of local cultural production and consumption. Drawing on interviews with creative practitioners in the North East region of England, the paper argues that the cultural development of a city is a complex adaptive system. This finding has implications for both policy-makers and academic research. It emphasises the importance of micro interactions and networks between creative practitioners, the publicly supported cultural sector and the cultural infrastructure of the city