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Primary care nurse. Advanced practice. Cancer survivorship. Evidenced based practice. Interests social justice, anti-imperialism & Climate justice. Views all mine!

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From clinic to campus: A nurse's path to PhD research - Vivensa Foundation When nurse Sandra Dyer started her PhD in February 2025, she proved that the path into research isn't always linear.

We've just published an article about @sandradyer.bsky.social and her journey as a nurse going into PhD research. Sandra shares insight and tips for others getting into research. Find it here: vivensafoundation.org.uk/award-holder...
#PhDLife #FundingForHealthierAgeing

02.02.2026 14:08 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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EXCLUSIVE: 100+ Doctors Who Worked in Gaza Demand Global Action as 'Colleagues Are Starved and Shot by Israel' Many Palestinian health workers 'suffer from hunger, dizziness and fainting episodes while performing operations and triaging patients,' reads an open letter signed by the healthcare professionals.

open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...

13.08.2025 12:54 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Break the selective silence on the genocide in Gaza Substantial and well-documented evidence indicates a catastrophic public health emergency in Gaza (appendix pp 1–5), marked by severe food insecurity and alarming levels of malnutrition-related deaths...

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

31.07.2025 07:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Nurses Petition to RCN - Call to Action on the Gaza Crisis We call on the RCN to act now: stand with nurses and healthcare workers in Gaza facing grave risks.

This a message is from a group of nurses and colleagues from across the UK. We’ve launched a petition calling on the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) to take stronger and more coordinated action in response to the escalating child health crisis in Gaza.
✍️ Sign the petition
sprw.io/stt-Z2o2Y

28.06.2025 19:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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NHS executives censor Palestine support after pro-Israel lobbying We are NHS staff who believe in human equality and the freedom of healthcare professionals to show their concern for Palestinians' lives - please support us.

www.crowdjustice.com/case/bhs4p/

An important campaign to protect HCPs who are speaking out about the genocide in Gaza and increasingly terrible conditions for colleagues providing care there . An NHS trust has taken action against staff who are advocating for human rights .

18.06.2025 18:14 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

An opportunity to shape letters from specialist teams to patients and primary care . Great to see person focused approach being developed.

17.06.2025 17:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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US vetoes Security Council resolution demanding permanent ceasefire in Gaza A draft resolution calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza failed to pass in the UN Security Council on Wednesday after the United States cast its veto – blocking the initiative backe...

'Doctors’ testimonies must be taken seriously, as must reports by UN and NGAs. With >50 000 people killed since 7 Oct 2023, hundreds of thousands displaced, and thousands of children with malnutrition, arguing against a permanent ceasefire is morally repugnant'. @bmj.com news.un.org/en/story/202...

07.06.2025 09:01 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Palestinian surgeon was assaulted before dying in Israeli detention, reports say The Israeli human rights organisation HaMoked has claimed it has evidence that the prominent Palestinian orthopaedic surgeon Adnan Al-Bursh was beaten and assaulted before his death in Israeli detenti...

www.bmj.com/content/387/....
Dr Adnan Al-Bursh, who trained at King’s College London and was the head of orthopaedics at Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza. He was arrested by the IDF and reports say he was beaten and assaulted before his death in Israeli detention in April.

22.05.2025 11:39 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A qualitative intersectional investigation into the experiences and consequences of Whistleblowing for women nurses at University of Surrey on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - A qualitative intersectional investigation into the experiences and consequences of Whistleblowing for women nurses at University of Surrey, listed on FindAPhD.com

We are very excited to advertise:

TWO funded PhD opportunities within our #NurseSuicide project.

We would love to hear from qualitative intersectional researchers to investigate nurses experiences of
1. Whistleblowing tinyurl.com/yp69cwth
2. Bullying/violence tinyurl.com/4hfpnsf9
#FindaPHD #PhD

17.03.2025 14:34 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
Exploring the relationship between cultural and structural workforce issues and retention of nurses in general practice (GenRet): a qualitative interview study

Delighted our paper about #Retention of #Nurses in #GeneralPractice (GenRet Study) is now published. Nurses in GP face specific issues which need to be addressed. Thanks to the nurses who gave their time to contribute. @rcn.org.uk @theqicn.bsky.social @rcgp.bsky.social @bma.org.uk rdcu.be/eidOX

18.04.2025 10:01 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

Horrific .

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Yes absolutely. Access to free abortion on demand .

21.01.2025 22:52 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Inequalities
Free πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Έ
Social justice

22.12.2024 14:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Never one to miss an opportunity to promote the @leadershiplog.bsky.social

Why not take a listen to our episode with the utterly brilliant @tomgeraghty.bsky.social where we discuss all this #PsychologicalSafety

open.spotify.com/show/51tvXd0...

15.12.2024 20:21 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The December NIHR SPCR newsletter is out now. Sign-up to receive our monthly newsletters to stay updated about our latest news, publications and funding πŸ“° 

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The December NIHR SPCR newsletter is out now. Sign-up to receive our monthly newsletters to stay updated about our latest news, publications and funding πŸ“° Read latest edition: https://bit.ly/4gr8hb0 Subscribe: http://stats.sender.net/forms/ejk5va

The December NIHR SPCR newsletter is out now. Sign-up to receive our monthly newsletters to stay updated about our latest news, publications and funding πŸ“°

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#SPCR #PrimaryCare #Research

10.12.2024 16:12 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes , if I don’t consider the news offering, there’s some very good stuff that’s definitely worth watching/ listening to.

08.12.2024 20:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Depends what you are comparing it to imo. Global north world view on BBC TV news always .
Aljazeera far preferable for Middle East coverage , even channel 4 better.
BBC world service > than their TV offerings

08.12.2024 19:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Good to hear both these will be a priority in the revamped WFP.
Hope retention strategies given the same priority within the plan.

08.12.2024 09:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A pale blue background with a cartoon image of Florence nightingale at the bottom right. Above her are light blue and pink speech bubbles. The text, in a dark grey blue covers most of the image and reads "Join us for another #NurseSky Sky Chat Sunday December 15th at 7pm".

A pale blue background with a cartoon image of Florence nightingale at the bottom right. Above her are light blue and pink speech bubbles. The text, in a dark grey blue covers most of the image and reads "Join us for another #NurseSky Sky Chat Sunday December 15th at 7pm".

Join us, two weeks from now, for another #NurseSky #SkyChat where we discuss current affairs and issues in nurisng.

The topic is "Nursing's image and identity"

See you all there! Sunday Dec 15th at 7pm.

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QNI β€˜anticipating change’ to digital badge scheme for general practice ANPs QNI β€˜anticipating change’ to digital badge scheme for general practice ANPs

This isn’t going away ! Still no move from @NHSEngland to address the unfair implementation of the β€˜ voluntary’ digital badge scheme which has become a requirement for most primary care jobs.
Thank you @alisonleary1 @CrystalOldman for your support .
Change needed is overdue.
#primarycaresky

05.12.2024 13:10 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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All nurses should be aware of this project & the need for it Revisioning Nurse Distress and Suicidality https://buff.ly/3Z8cJ7r

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HIV Cases Reach Lowest Point Since Rise of Disease in 1980s Fewer people contracted HIV last year than at any point since the rise of the disease in the late 1980s, the United Nations said Tuesday, warning that this decline was still far too slow.

Some positive news: ”Fewer people contracted HIV last year than at any point since the rise of the disease in the late 1980s”. This progress shows that the battle can be won - but there’s still much to do.

www.sciencealert.com/hiv-cases-re...

28.11.2024 19:20 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Strengthening Europe’s Nursing Workforce: Strategies for Retention Policy Brief 66 by the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies. The numbers of nurses (and the ratios of nurses to patients and to doctors) vary widely across Europe but there are shortage...

1/8 All countries in Europe face nursing shortages. The issue isn't so much training more, it's keeping those we have. Our new European Observatory policy brief asks what can be done (supported by Horizon Europe MAGNET4EUROPE project)
eurohealthobservatory.who.int/publications...

28.11.2024 17:04 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 2
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Portugal to launch new €20 monthly rail pass by end of 2024 This monthly national train pass is significantly less expensive than some equivalent schemes in other European countries.

Portugal already had cheap rail, and is a lovely country to visit

What would you do with a Β£15 monthly train pass in the UK?

www.euronews.com/green/2024/1...

28.11.2024 09:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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How the battle of Claremont Road changed the world: β€˜The whole of alternative London turned up’ Thirty years ago, more than 500 activists united to save a street – and their actions marked a major turning-point in the environmental movement

30 years this week, the mass eviction of Claremont Road - a key battle in the direct action campaign against the M11 link road in east London

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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It was! Brilliant characters. lol.🀣

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