NURSING NUMERACY

In November 2004, the Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions Directorate of NHS Education for Scotland (NES) published a national consultation document and sponsored a conference on the topic of ‘Numeracy in Healthcare'. This work identified concerns amongst educational staff, students, clinical staff and the public relating to standards of numerical competence and the health workforce. Further, it acknowledged the wider context within which this debate was taking place and explored the terms within which we might understand and assess such competence, the opportunities for supportive intervention and the evidence base for such action. Finally, the conference brought to Scotland a number of leading experts in this field and it was from this group that the NES-sponsored research team was created... This website reports on one of the key educational initiatives undertaken by NES based upon reccomendations from the consultation. There had been considerable national interest..