Wonderful nursing representation at the DDF

Congratulations to Consultant Nurse Irene Dunkley for organising a very successful nursing symposium at the DDF conference. The session was well attended by nurses and AHPs (despite taking place on Sunday!) The presentations covered a variety of topics relating to GI disease and provoked lively debate and discussion. It was a unique opportunity to be able to link with a number of other associations and learn from others. The presentation from Dr Alison Leary was of particular interest to specialist nurses illustrating a tool to measure the ‘value’ of the nurse specialist role. Dr Leary is an independent healthcare consultant and researcher with a background in nursing. She developed the SQL database Pandora which articulates the work of nurse specialists and Cassandra - a free tool to help show nurse specialist activities - is invaluable information for managers! See www.alisonleary.co.uk and click on the resources section for the Cassandra tool. There is still an opportunity to claim a bursary to reimburse the expenses of attending the DDF conference. Please contact Nichola Coates nichola@augis.org for further information.