Bob Bailey, project director of ROPSF receiving a cheque from the chairman, Brenda Flanagan, of the North West Lancashire &amp; Cumbria IA in support of the paediatric nurse stoma care programme that is being arranged for up to twelve Romanian nurses. This was a very generous donation and ROPSF trustees are extremely grateful for this support.

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The training course is in three parts. The initial training in stoma care is being undertaken by UK -trained Romanian stoma care nurses. Stage 2 happening in April and will be conducted by two highly experienced UK stoma care nurses who will fly out to Bucharest undertake the tuition.  Later it is expected that the Romanian trained stoma care nurses will be invited over to the UK for a week’s observation and training under the auspices of a number of local paediatric stoma care nurses.  This training is welcomed by the four major paediatric hospitals in Romania and the Romanian Order of Nurses as an opportunity to enhance the skills of the nursing teams dealing with babies and very young children who ​undergo major abdominal surgery leading to the formation of a stoma.