The Burdett Nursing Awards 2018 reward nursing teams for their sustained commitment to providing high-quality care and State of Mind have been asked to present to judges in the Men’s Health category.
Men’s Health nurse led teams that have developed innovative strategies to address men’s poor health outcomes and to improve their access to positive health sustaining improvement opportunities. State of Mind Chair and Co-founder Malcolm Rae OBE and Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing will be presenting to the judges
Malcolm Rae
The Burdett Trust for Nursing is an independent charitable trust named after Sir Henry Burdett KCB, the founder of the Royal National Pension Fund for Nurses (RNPFN). The Trust was set up in 2002 in recognition of the foundation, philosophy and structure of the RNPFN.
Nurses, midwives and the allied health professions make up the majority of the healthcare workforce and play a pivotal role in direct care to patients. The Trust makes grants in support of nurse-led projects, using its funds to empower nurses and make significant improvements to the patient care environment.
Stress, smoking, high levels of alcohol consumption, obesity, physical activity are among the leading causes of chronic illness in men. Men are less likely than women to visit a GP or pharmacist or acknowledge deterioration in health status or illness.
Twice as likely as women to have inadequate health literacy. Nurses are well placed to encourage men to acknowledge the need to health improvement, support them to manage health cared challenges and to engage them in self-sustaining preventative health care strategies. Winners will have developed proactive strategies and forward thinking interventions, proven to have helped bridge the men’s health gap and to lead men to greater health and well-being.
Phil Brewfie
Joining Malcolm Rae to present will be Dr. Phil Cooper MBE and State of Mind co-founder from North West Boroughs Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
The shortlist will be announced on March 26th
The awards will be announced at a prestigious event that will take place on Thursday 24 May 2018 at the Waldorf Hotel in London.