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Strengthening educator provision in paediatric critical care
- Andrea HusonEducator with the Yorkshire and Humber Paediatric Critical Care Operational Delivery Network
Key points
- Operational delivery network educators studied education and educator provision in district general hospitals across three networks.
- The resulting brief recommends clarifying the educator role, appropriate professional development for educators and appropriate numbers of educators.
- The work is being taken forward in the revision of the critical care standards, including staff qualifications and educator numbers per unit.
Andrea Huson, Educator with the Yorkshire and Humber Paediatric Critical Care Operational Delivery Network, provides insights into research on education and educator provision in district general hospitals. She describes work undertaken by operational delivery network educators across three networks and the recommendations developed from the findings. The interview considers how educator roles can be clarified, what professional development educators need and how appropriate provision can be planned for staff. Andrea connects this work with wider workforce development and the revision of paediatric critical care standards, highlighting the importance of supporting education alongside clinical staffing.
This interview took place at the PCCS Annual Scientific Meeting 2026 in London.
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So I wanted to talk to you today about a piece of research that the ODN educators, or the operational delivery network educators, completed over the last year that looks into education and educator provision in district general hospitals in three different networks. And the results of that, we've now have a report generated for that.
And we have now written a brief with some recommendations for the NHS that we are hoping to put forward to the Royal College of Nursing, the Florence Nightingale Foundation and NHSE. And it effectively has recommendations around clarifying educator role and also what is appropriate education for educators for professional development and what should be appropriate number of educators for staff members.
We've been really passionate about this and this was led by the workforce development strategy and the Florence Nightingale Foundation really helped with this. And the reason I wanted to talk about it today is because we are pushing it forward with the Paediatric Critical Care Society with the revision of the critical care standards. I am involved with the staffing section of that where we are looking at what are appropriate qualifications for staff, but equally how many educators should a unit have to make it relevant and suitable for what we are proposing within the standard.
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Andrea Huson. “Strengthening educator provision in paediatric critical care.” The Paediatric Video Journal, 7 November 2026. https://paediatricvj.com/videos/strengthening-educator-provision-in-paediatric-critical-care-huson/
This interview is educational content intended for healthcare professionals and is not medical advice. Views expressed are those of the speaker. © The Paediatric Video Journal. All rights reserved.