Reference sources

The regional health authority: organisation of care provision, prevention campaigns, regional health alerts.

The good-practice guidance our protocols follow: wounds, pressure sores, fall prevention, palliative care.

The professional code we practise under, and the public register where a nurse's registration can be checked — including ours.

Batch recalls, supply shortages, medical device alerts: the source to check before passing on a worry about a treatment.

The official directory of health professionals and facilities, department by department. Preferable to commercial directories.

Prevention data and guidance: vaccination, heatwaves, flu, bronchiolitis. The source of the seasonal advice we pass on.