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The Guardian
19-03-2025
- Politics
- The Guardian
Elizabeth Sclater obituary
In 1990, my wife, Elizabeth Sclater, was appointed principal equalities officer for older people at Lewisham council in London – a pioneering role she extended, beyond health and social care, to encompass education, housing, pensions and public services. The comprehensive equality and diversity policy she developed resulted in Lewisham becoming one of only three councils in the UK to achieve the highest equality standard. With colleagues, Elizabeth, who has died aged 78 of cancer, then developed the Equality Impact Assessment toolkit that was used by, among others, the Home Office, regional government offices, and the Commission for Equality and Human Rights transition team. Her innovative approach – involving older women, championing their voices and sharing experiences – helped to inspire and empower many, especially those who felt marginalised. Elizabeth then made successful bids for three EU-funded projects that contributed to the gender and age policy agenda of the European Commission. She also founded the Older Women's Network, Europe (OWN Europe), to foster collaboration and influence policy of member states, and participated at the fourth World Conference of Women (held in Beijing in 1995) as a member of the NGO Forum organising committee. Elizabeth represented OWN Europe on AGE Platform Europe taskforces and its council, and on the Global Alliance for the Rights of Older People. A notable contribution involved working with OWN Europe members, non-governmental organisations, and the committee responsible for the UN convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women (CEDAW). Signatories to the convention are expected, every four years, to report progress made towards eliminating discrimination and promoting equality for older women. She compiled a 'shadow report' for the CEDAW committee in 2012 on behalf of OWN Europe and the National Alliance of Women's Organizations to help it have what was described as 'a constructive dialogue' with the UK government about gaps in performance ascertained from its report the previous year. Elizabeth facilitated international workshops on gender and age at EU and UN conferences, as well as contributing to the NGO Committees on Ageing in Geneva and New York, and advocating for a legally binding UN convention on the rights of older persons. Elizabeth was born in Edinburgh, the daughter of John Sclater, a rheumatologist, and Margaret Bennett (nee Glen), a nurse. After boarding at Kilgraston school in Perth, she graduated with a BSc in social science at Edinburgh University in 1967, then qualified as a child care officer in 1970 following further courses at the London School of Economics and Southampton University. I met Elizabeth in 1972 through a mutual friend and we married in 1976. Her early career was dedicated to the welfare of children in social work roles across Durham and the north-east of England. Later her focus moved towards the needs of older people as her career progressed in the London boroughs of Croydon, Greenwich and Lewisham. In 2019 Elizabeth was appointed OBE for services to older women. She is survived by me, and her elder sister, Marjory.
Miami Herald
19-03-2025
- Health
- Miami Herald
TruMerit and International Council of Nurses Launch Collaborative to Propel Nursing Workforce Development Worldwide
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK / ACCESS Newswire / March 19, 2025 / TruMerit™ (formerly CGFNS International) and the International Council of Nurses (ICN) have announced the launch of a jointly operated clearinghouse for research, data, and policy solutions on the world's nursing workforce. The new collaborative, the Global Nursing Workforce Centre, will address the absence of a central repository to aggregate and analyze this knowledge and highlight gaps. It will mobilize evidence-driven capacity building strategies and policy solutions aimed at strengthening the global nursing workforce and, with that, the quality of patient care across diverse health systems. Focusing on the contributions of the nursing profession to global healthcare workforce preparedness, the Centre will undertake a comprehensive research agenda spanning education, workforce conditions, care delivery models, and health system impact worldwide. The Centre will also generate its own policy briefs and reports that translate evidence into actionable recommendations. The launch included the release of its inaugural research product, "The Nursing Education Pipeline: A literature review from 2014 to 2025," the first of what will be a series of briefs on the state of global nursing. The brief highlights gaps in available research, particularly about the bottlenecks hindering efforts to improve access to nursing education, which fuels nursing workforce growth and development. The Centre will be guided by a strategic advisory council comprising eminent nursing experts from around the world. "While the world does not lack nursing workforce research, it does lack a unified mechanism to systematically harness and interpret these insights for global application. Through this collaboration, the Centre will deliver a much-needed structure to collecting and analyzing nursing workforce data, thereby filling a critical void in the research and guiding investment in sustainable nursing workforce development," said Howard Catton, the ICN's CEO. "The mission of the Global Nursing Workforce Centre goes right to the heart of a critical imperative in healthcare, and that is to ensure policy decisions involving the healthcare workforce are informed not by crisis response but by the latest geographically inclusive research," said Dr. Peter Preziosi, President and CEO of TruMerit. "By leveraging the collective expertise of ICN and TruMerit, the Centre will be a trusted source of evidence and insights that can drive worldwide investment in a future-ready global healthcare workforce." The announcement was made at an official parallel event on nurse entrepreneurship at the NGO Forum of the 69th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, cohosted by TruMerit, ICN, and the Society of Nurse Scientists, Innovators, Entrepreneurs & Leaders (SONSIEL). CGFNS International is now TruMerit. Learn more here. About TruMerit TruMerit is a worldwide leader in healthcare workforce development. Formerly known as CGFNS International, the organization has a nearly 50-year history supporting the career mobility of nurses and other healthcare workers-and those who license and hire them-by validating their education, skills, and experience as they seek authorization to practice in the United States and other countries. As TruMerit, this mission has been expanded to building workforce capacity that meets the needs of people in a rapidly evolving global health landscape. Through its Global Health Workforce Development Institute, the organization is advancing evidence-based research, thought leadership, and advocacy in support of healthcare workforce development solutions, including globally recognized practice standards and certifications that will enhance career pathways for healthcare workers. About ICN The International Council of Nurses (ICN) is a federation of more than 130 national nurses associations representing the millions of nurses worldwide. Operated by nurses and leading nursing internationally, ICN works to ensure quality care for all and sound health policies globally. Contact Information: David St. John dstjohn@ SOURCE: TruMerit press release
