thoughts from the chair
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Journal of Neonatal Nursing (2010) 16, 145
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GUEST EDITORIAL
Thoughts from the Chair
You will notice that this is a new venture for usas your Association in there being a regular slot forthe Chair of the NNA to write to you all.
We have seen the successful relaunch of ourJournal after five years with our publishers andfollowing discussion with our members and wehope you are as pleased with the new look andcontent of the journal as we are. We hope wehave addressed most of the issues you haveraised with us to make the journal what youwant.
We have been able to finally introduce Directdebit payments for members subscriptions and wehave our Treasurer Cath Holder to thank for herhard work and dedication in taking this enormousproject forward. Details of this can be found onour website www.nna.org.uk or contact DeeBeresford our Executive officer email [email protected]
It has been another busy year so far for the worldof neonatal care as I am sure you are all aware.
We have seen the publication of the firstendorsed Dept of Health Neonatal Taskforce Prin-ciples which will have paved the way hopefully forus to begin to realise our ambitions to provide 1:1care for our most vulnerable members of societyand also to recognise that caring for these babies
see front matter ª 2010 Neonatal Nurses Associationjnn.2010.05.007
requires the full engagement of our allied healthprofessional colleagues.
We continue to work closely with our colleaguesat BLISS and BAPM in seeking the best for ourprofession even in these lean times.
Following the publication of these principles wewere informed that NICE were going to producestandards for Neonatal care as one of the fourareas they work on each year. We await news ofhow that work is progressing and what the impli-cations for us will be.
I am privileged to be representing you all at theInternational Neonatal Nurses Conference to be heldDurban, South Africa in October of this year where Iam sure there will be plenty of networking andrenewingold acquaintances andmaking new friends.Report and pictures will follow on my return.
If you wish to contact me for any reason mycontact details are available on the website and Ilook forward to hearing from you.
Until next time.Regards
Tina PollardE-mail address: [email protected]
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