School nurses 'are too busy to 位置／汚点／見つけ出す the 調印するs of 乱用 and spend more time 取引，協定ing with paperwork than checking children's health'

  • The Children's Commissioner for England says school nurses are too busy
  • 関心s 増加するing paperwork could mean 乱用d children go unnoticed
  • によれば the 報告（する）／憶測 school nurses are doing social 労働者s 役割s too?

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School nurses are spending so much time on paperwork that children who are 存在 乱用d or neglected could be 行方不明になるd, the Children's Commissioner for England has said.

Anne Longfield 警告するd that school nurses are ますます becoming いっそう少なく accessible to children and young people 予定 to 激しい caseloads, with many spending twice as much time on paperwork than on direct work with children.

In a new 報告（する）／憶測 based on 返答s from 775 school nurses, the commissioner said nurses also do not get enough time to spend on proactive work, such as health education.

A new report by the Children's Commissioner for England says school nurses are having to spend more time on paperwork forcing them to have less time to spot signs of abuse or check children's health

A new 報告（する）／憶測 by the Children's Commissioner for England says school nurses are having to spend more time on paperwork 軍隊ing them to have いっそう少なく time to 位置／汚点／見つけ出す 調印するs of 乱用 or check children's health

Some 13 per cent of nurses 調査するd said they spent most of their day filling in paperwork. The 報告（する）／憶測 設立する that some nurses were 責任がある the health and wellbeing of thousands of children, with two-thirds of nurses looking after more than five schools each.

When it （機の）カム to child 保護, 23 per cent of 409 nurses said they had difficulty 接触するing social 労働者s and social services when they had 関心s about children.

Of 382 nurses, 41 per cent said they were also unhappy with the 結果 of at least half of the referrals they made to social services.

The 報告（する）／憶測 設立する that school nurses are ますます 選ぶing up work 伝統的に done by social 労働者s, with a fifth 説 they felt their child 保護 事例／患者 負担 was 限界ing their capacity to do other things, 含むing more 直面する-to-直面する work.

全労働人口 人物／姿／数字s show that in May 2010, there were 2,987 十分な-time 同等（の） school nurses in England. By May 2016, this had dropped to 2,630.

Ms Longfield said: 'School nurses have a 決定的な 役割 to play in schools 保護するing children 同様に as 促進するing their wellbeing.

'They are one of the professionals at the 前線-line identifying 乱用 or neglect, 同様に as supporting children with a host of other 問題／発行するs - whether that's mental health, age appropriate 関係s and sex education or healthy eating. 存在 利用できる for children for 直面する-to-直面する time is irreplaceable.

The report found 23 per cent of 409 nurses said they had difficulty contact ing social workers and social services when they had concerns about children

The 報告（する）／憶測 設立する 23 per cent of 409 nurses said they had difficulty 接触するing social 労働者s and social services when they had 関心s about children

'It is （疑いを）晴らす from this 研究 that school nurses 直面する 重要な 障壁s in working 直接／まっすぐに with children and young people, with paperwork getting in the way. The support they 申し込む／申し出 needs to be better 促進するd and new ways to 高める their 約束／交戦 with children 調査するd.'

Fiona Smith, the 王室の College of Nursing's professional lead for children and young people's nursing, said: 'にもかかわらず the importance of the 役割, this 報告（する）／憶測 echoes what many RCN members have been telling us for some time - school nurses do not have the time or 資源s to carry out their 役割s as 効果的に as they would like to.

'A major part of the problem is that the number of school nurses is dropping all the time - にもかかわらず the 決定的な importance of what they do. Children and young people are 耐えるing the brunt of these public 部門 基金ing 削減（する）s with 潜在的に serious consequences for the 未来.'

Viv Bennett, 長，指導者 nurse at Public Health England (PHE), said: 'Since April 2013, 地元の 当局 have been r esponsible for （売買）手数料，委託（する）／委員会／権限ing public health services for school-老年の children. This 含むs school nurses, and their teams, who have a 決定的な 役割 in 主要な and 配達するing the Healthy Child Programme for five to 19-year-olds.

'School nurses work with children, families and schools, 供給するing services for young people that 促進する health and give support 早期に when young people experience health problems, both in and out of schools.

'PHE is working with 地元の areas to learn from what 作品, 供給するing 指導／手引 and 資源s to support this 決定的な 役割 and help develop services that 会合，会う the 地元の need.'

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