DEMOS Project - Deaf People's Access to Nurse Education Project

Resources : Deaf People's Access to Nurse Education

Management Commitment

The project received management commitment in the form of representatives from the Greater Manchester Education and Training Confederation, the Director of Mental Health Education University of Salford and an Education Officer from the English National Board for Nursing and Midwifery, initially being involved in the project steering group. However, with the multitude of commitments and changes in roles and responsibilities over the two and half years the project has been running the steering group has dwindled in size and meetings no longer appear representative of people in top management positions to those who are in positions of support and commitment.

The core people who are regular steering group attendees are influential in their organisations and do offer realistic support to the project. This suggests that influencing skills, knowledge base, deaf awareness, and educational awareness are as important as top management commitment.

Other people in positions of responsibility who are interested in the essence of the project rather than the operational aspect include the Dean of Faculty, the Mental Health Nursing officer for the Department of Health (DoH), the Chief Nursing Officer for England, DoH minister and lead nurses from all the National Deaf Services, NHS and independent sector. It is important to get this level of individuals and organisations onboard so they are in a position of knowledge to inform their peers and superiors of developments in diversity in health care education.

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