Jane Salvage

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Jane Salvage
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Born6 August 1953
Brighton, Surrey, United Kingdom
Alma mater
Occupations
  • Nurse
  • Teacher
  • Writer
Years active1974 – present

Jane Salvage(born 6 August 1953) is a British nursing policy activist, teacher, and writer. She has been described as "a hugely influential nurse leader who has contributed to advancing nursing in a wide number of roles throughout her career". [1]

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Her book The Politics of Nursing called for widespread reform and greater recognition of the profession and of women carers. trade magazines. She later established a career in global health, leading World Health Organization (WHO) programmes in nursing and midwifery. Throughout her career, she has highlighted the politics of health, including related issues including nurses' low pay, poor treatment and working conditions, and lack of status.


Early life and education

Jane Salvage was born in Brighton, Sussex, England, on 6 August 1953. Her parents, Patricia Walker and Robert Salvage, divorced shortly after the birth of her brother Guy in 1957. [2] After winning a scholarship to Brighton and Hove School for Girls, she studied English, French, and Italian Literature at Newnham College, part of the University of Cambridge. She was President of the Junior Common Room and the first student to serve on Newnham College's governing body, later became a Newnham Honorary Associate. [3]

The sudden death of her brother in 1974 influenced her decision to enter nursing after graduating from Cambridge. She trained at the Princess Alexandra School of Nursing, part of the Royal London Hospital. After qualification as a registered nurse she worked there as a staff nurse.

Career

Salvage became active in the Royal College of Nursing and local politics in the East End of London East End of London in the late 1970s. In 1978 funding cuts to the National Health Service (NHS) threatened to close Bethnal Green Hospital, and she campaigned and wrote about it. [4] She was also active in the Anti-Nazi League and Rock Against Racism.

Writing

After her 1978 article in Nursing Mirror magazine about cuts to the National Health Service and the poor treatment of nurses, [5] Salvage was invited to write a monthly "Student's View" column. [6] She later joined the staff of Nursing Mirror full time and won the trainee of the year award after the International Publishing Corporation Business Press proficiency examination. [7] In 1981 she moved to the rival magazine Nursing Times as news and features editor. In 1984, she became the launch editor of Senior Nurse (1984 – 1987), then special projects editor on Nursing Standard . [8]

While working on these magazines, Salvage published and spoke at conferences on issues related to nurses' low pay, poor working conditions, and lack of status; meanwhile, she raised awareness of the politics of health. [9] These issues reflect the views of the Radical Nurses Group, of which she was an active member. [10] In the 1980s, her writing promoted feminist views of nursing and highlighted the need for intersectionality in healthcare.[ citation needed ] In 1988, Andrew Cole described Salvage as "the radical voice of nursing", citing her 1985 textbook The Politics of Nursing. [11]  

The success of The Politics of Nursing reflected nurses' growing recognition of the need to be more assertive. [12] Neil Kinnock helped launch the book, commending her for bringing the ideas of the modern women's movement to nursing. [13] In 1988, Salvage attained a MSc in sociology with special reference to medicine from Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, University of London, writing a dissertation on the movement known as 'the New Nursing', which promoted patient-centered care through modernization of the profession. [14]

Salvage's next book, Nurses at Risk, was co-authored with Rosemary Rogers. It focused on nurses' health and safety at work, and was described as 'a courageous ground-breaker' in her citation for an honorary doctorate from the University of Sheffield in 1996.[ citation needed ] In 1997, while serving as editor-in-chief of Nursing Times, she was named the British Society of Magazine Editors runner-up Editor of the Year. [8] In 1999, she was named the Periodical Publishers Association Columnist of the Year for her weekly column in Nursing Times. [15] In 1998, she was a speaker in the 50th Anniversary Lecture Series marking the foundation of the NHS.

Between 2010 and 2012, Salvage edited NMC Review for the UK Nursing and Midwifery Council. [16] From 2013 to 2023, she was Writer in Residence and Visiting Professor at Kingston University and St George's, University of London. [17]

Health and nursing leadership

From 1988 to 1991, Salvage was director of the new Nursing Developments Programme at the King's Fund. The programme identified and supported Nursing Development Units in hospitals and community services, promoting research-based, patient-centred care and advocating for greater nursing autonomy. [18] [19]

She then became Regional Adviser for Nursing and Midwifery at the WHO's European regional office in Copenhagen. [20] She focused particularly on improving nursing and midwifery in central and eastern Europe and the new member states from the former USSR. [21] Her team also produced the first evidence-based comparative study of nursing and midwifery in Europe. [22] In 2004, she served as interim chief scientist for nursing at WHO headquarters in Geneva, and undertook consultancy work to re-establish nursing systems in Bosnia and Herzegovina and elsewhere . [23] She also worked with the British charity Medact, where she co-authored and edited three reports on the health and environmental costs of the Iraq War . [24] [25] [26] [27]

In 2009 - 2010 Salvage worked full-time in the Department of Health, England, as part of the secretariat of the Prime Minister's Commission on the Future of Nursing and Midwifery. It was launched by Prime Minister Gordon Brown and chaired by Ann Keen. [28] She then worked in the secretariat of the Willis Commission on Nursing Education, chaired by Phil Willis. Its 2012 report, Quality with Compassion: the future of nursing education, underlined the importance of moving to an all-graduate nursing profession was essential. [29]

As policy advisor to the UK All-Party Parliamentary Group on Global Health, Salvage worked closely with its chair Nigel Crisp on a review of global nursing, Triple Impact. It urged policy makers worldwide to see nursing in a different light, and offered solutions and development opportunities. [30] Triple Impact served as a springboard for the global Nursing Now campaign, whose actions led to the declaration of 2020 as the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife. [31] Salvage was involved in the campaign and wrote and spoke about it worldwide. [32] [33] [34] From 2016 to 2021, Salvage served as director of the International Council of Nurses' Global Nursing Leadership Institute, an annual programme helping nurse leaders improve their strategic policy competencies. [35] In 2021 she directed a pilot midwifery leadership programme commissioned by the Government of India to advance its Midwifery Initiative, implemented with the WHO Country Office for India. [36] . This led to a consultancy with WHO Headquarters to create a model midwifery leadership programme for global use.

Awards and recognition

In 2008, Nursing Times named her the sixth most influential nurse of the last 60 years. [37] In 2018, as part of the 70th anniversary of the NHS, the NHS identified her as one of the 70 most influential UK nurses and midwives of the past 70 years. [38] In 2012, Salvage was named a Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing. [39] In 2019, she was elected as a Fellow of the Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. [40] . She has honorary doctorates from the University of Sheffield (1996), Kingston University and St George's, University of London (2011), and Middlesex University (2016). She is a fellow of the Royal College of Nursing, the Queen's Nursing Institute, and the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland.

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