This initiative won the Nursing Times Technology and Data in Nursing Award in 2021. Citation: Connor J (2022) Using QR codes on plaster casts: empowering patients to self-manage. Nursing Times [online ...

National Patient Safety Agency (2009) Pressure Ulcers Under Plaster Casts. NHS England (2014) Commissioning for quality and innovation (CQUIN): 2014/15 guidance. NHS Institute for Innovation and ...

Plaster cast. This is made of plaster of Paris, a white powder that, when mixed with water, turns into a thick paste that hardens. Take care not to get your cast wet. It can start to dissolve or ...

Nursing staff are already spread too thinly ... "Now Rishi Sunak is offering a sticking plaster, which comes nowhere near the 12,000 beds the Conservatives have cut over the last 13 years.