We love this too! There's going to be a brilliant event in the new year on The Radical Nurses Group and how their innovative designs and print material helped challenge perceptions of nurses as silent, respectable and apolitical. Come along: www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...

Are you at #NursingLive? Do look out for @graceatfons.bsky.social & say hello to Claire Leenhouwers on the @skillsforcare.bsky.social stand Here they are! #RBCS #SocialCare @mrsbosanquet.bsky.social www.fons.org/programmes-d...

I love this quote. If you haven’t yet, go and see the #ArtInNursing exhibition at the @rcnlibraries.bsky.social It’s sooooo good 😊

💔 Mirror Emotions in Critical Care: When Patients’ Distress Reflects on Families This cross-sectional study examined how patients’ stress, anxiety, and depression shape the emotional burden of their family caregivers. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/nicc... #FamilyCaregivers @baccnuk.bsky.social

Don't miss this! 👇It's today, Tuesday 21 October @justacarehomeg1.bsky.social @liamwast.bsky.social @calvinmoorley.bsky.social @karenbonner.bsky.social @mrsbosanquet.bsky.social @jbeebee.bsky.social

Great feedback from @sueholt2024.bsky.social about the #CareShow in B'ham www.fons.org/news/sue-at-... Great to see how #RBCS is being implemented & the impact it is beginning to have on people, teams & organisations. @mrsbosanquet.bsky.social @siobhankelly.bsky.social @louisekeane84.bsky.social

🩺 Empowering ICU Nursing This study found that transformational leadership by head nurses, combined with access to opportunities, information, and informal power, significantly strengthens nursing group power in ICU settings. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/nicc... #NurseLeadership @baccnuk.bsky.social

We are very much looking forward to the Electronic Health Records (EHR) and Person-centred Nursing event tomorrow. Tuesday, October 21 · 10 - 11am GMT+1 From system-driven to practice-led: Rethinking EHR content for person-centred nursing www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/electronic...

🩵 1/ Nursing begins with care for ourselves, our colleagues and our communities. The @who.int found that 1 in 3 nurses and doctors experience anxiety or depression. At @fonscharity.bsky.social we help nurses and teams rebuild their #Muchness.....

6 days to go! Have you registered for our webinar on person-centred electronic health records? Hurry and secure your place!

In our newsletter today we're sharing: Our FoNS Alumni event coming up in Nov on Psychological Safety @mrsbosanquet.bsky.social & @graceatfons.bsky.social And more! Every Wednesday - why not subscribe and try it for yourself! buff.ly/WYO6WUM Catch up on recent newsletters here buff.ly/HFfzMhp

🌿 #ThankfulSunday 🌿 Grateful to all ICU nurses for your compassion, teamwork, and dedication to those in critical care. 💙 Special thanks to everyone at #BACCN2025 for sharing knowledge and strengthening our community. 🌍✨ #TeamworkInCare #CriticalCareNursing @baccnuk.bsky.social

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/electronic... @fonscharity.bsky.social @drmarionlynch.bsky.social @profbrendan.bsky.social

Sheila McGovern talks about bias & racism, & suggests it's better to get it wrong than to not talk about it at all buff.ly/HiFP2vs Thoughts? @calvinmoorley.bsky.social @debrae.bsky.social @chifundostubbs.bsky.social @camillecronin.bsky.social @mrsbosanquet.bsky.social

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/electronic... Join us at 10am UK time on 21st October via Zoom and @eventbrite.bsky.social for a very important interactive webinar. This may just change your life! Click the link and book yourself on! @fonscharity.bsky.social

Looking forward to hearing what comes out of this - it's a juxtaposition of ideas that we need to get our heads around #Personcentredness #DigitalTechnologies Please keep us posted!

The RCN Library and Museum is looking for objects, photographs and personal stories to feature in our upcoming exhibition on migration and nursing. Find out more and get in touch: buff.ly/nxxvo9Q (Image: International School Students outside the Royal College of Nursing, 1957, RCN Archive)

Our 'must read' poem on a family carers experience of dying and injectable medication care at home - a powerful experimental research piece written with Bella, public contributor. Please help share! Paper here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... @theqicn.bsky.social @hattierocket.bsky.social

Thinking about applying for a Churchill Fellowship? ✨ Join our Online Fellowship Showcase on 15 Sept to hear from Fellows about their journeys – from applying, to learning overseas or online, to creating impact in the UK. 🔗 Sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/online-fel...

It's great to be working with you on this programme!

If you want to know what a programme is really like, best to ask the people who have done it! www.fons.org/news/you-are...

The ASC nurses are such an inspiring, holistic group of nurses and we are honoured to be with you in the sector

A great opportunity 👇

If you would like to learn more about Inclusion in Action, visit our website: dancesyndrome.co.uk/inclusion-wo... Thank you so much to our partners at @fonscharity.bsky.social for supporting this project

Meet the new participants! The 2025-2026 cohort of Person-centred Cultures Development Programme started a couple of weeks ago. Giselle Cope, the programme director/facilitator, had a wonderful couple of days alongside this group of incredibly inspirational nurses. www.fons.org/programmes-d...

Wanted to share that the Markel 3rd Sector Awards are currently open for nominations. These awards celebrate the passion and dedication of the non-profit care and support sector. Nominations close Friday 7 November so check it out... www.caremanagementmatters.co.uk/3rd-sector-c...

Knowing Self. Sheila McGovern Sheila has guest edited our newsletter this week. Sheila considers culture change and how important 'knowing self' is as a starting point for culture change. She also shares different ways we can use to increase our knowledge about self. www.fons.org/blogs/knowin...

Right now, I am a long-distance facilitator. And, though I love my work, for a couple of different reasons I sometimes feel alone. www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/fa... #facilitation #meetings #InPerson #loneliness

Delighted to share this poem from Michelle Powell, written with just a week left on placement in her RNLD Degree Apprenticeship at NTU. 'embodies a holistic experience of life' says @mrsbosanquet.bsky.social www.fons.org/blogs/so-nea... #LDNursing #Person-centredness

Choppy weather this arvo. Thunder and rain. No lightening thank goodness or we’d been out! Perseverance is the key! All well in the end and aqua class complete! #HamptonPool #DeepEndDivas

I’ve got a new virtual meeting background. I’m chuffed to bits with it!

The 2025-26 cohort of Person-centred Cultures Development Programme started this week! When we asked last year's group to send a message to the new participants, this is what they said! www.fons.org/programmes-d... @cathyf-p.bsky.social @mrsbosanquet.bsky.social @suetranka.bsky.social

Take a look at this Final Evaluation Report for the UKHSA prog to support the development of PNA facilitation skills www.fons.org/news/develop... Fantastic learning around developing knowledge, skills & confidence @mrsbosanquet.bsky.social ‪@ukhsa.bsky.social @nursingtimes.bsky.social‬

Join me at Nursing Live- the UK's prestigious nursing event. I am proud to be speaking alongside presentations on professional development and personal wellbeing. To discover how the FREE event can earn up to 16 hours of CPD go to invt.io/1bxbeoxyw6l

🔹 Post 1/3 Huge congratulations to Professor Aisha Holloway on her appointment as Chief Nursing Officer for Scotland! A visionary nurse leader who brings academic rigour, compassion, and courage to the heart of government. 👏🏽💙 #CNOScotland #NurseLeadership

It’s official 🚨: 16 and 17 year-olds will be able to vote at the next general election.

Thanks to Jenny Halse for telling us about Diamond Moments: those defining moments that embody for you the very best of nursing practice www.fons.org/blogs/diamon... Such a positive approach to reflection & career planning Thoughts? @mrsbosanquet.bsky.social @suetranka.bsky.social

Why am I always travelling on the first day of @glastonbury.bsky.social Thank goodness for @bbciplayer.bsky.social #FatDog and @cmatbaby.bsky.social so far. My journey will be A-OK, pending heatwave temperatures! 🥵

On International Fathers’ Mental Health Day we announce our powerful and deeply moving new film "Invisible" to raise awareness of new #Fathers #MentalHealth and the factors impacting the emotional wellbeing of fathers following the arrival of a new baby. ihv.org.uk/news-and-vie... #DadsMHDay

📢BCS & RCN Digital Nursing Forum conference 2025 💻 Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bcs-nursin... ❓ Have you got a digital innovation you’d like to present? 🏃‍♀️‍➡️ Abstract submission is NOW OPEN! ➡️ Head on over to our 🔗🌲 for abstract guidance & the submission portal - linktr.ee/rcndigitalnu...

#Red4Research #eczema #eczemaresearch www.rapideczematrials.org

🎉 This #Red4Research day, colleagues from the University of Oxford, Department of Psychiatry are wearing red to show their support for research which brings hope to individuals, families and communities affected by #mentalhealth challenges. #BePartofResearch @oxfordpsychiatry.bsky.social

'Clinical research drives improvements in healthcare quality, safety, and outcomes - not just for current patients, but for future generations' On this #Red4Research Day👋meet Dr Donards Tanedo 📷and the other faces behind our research ➡️ www.sth.nhs.uk/news/2025/06... #TeamResearch #BePartofResearch

Helen Riding ‪@therdforum.bsky.social‬ Coordinator is wearing red to support all those contributing to research ‪@helenriding.bsky.social #Red4Research

Teams right across Scotland have been getting involved in spreading the message of #Red4Research today. Read about their activities in our full story 🔗 www.nhsresearchscotland.org.uk/news/red4res...

June 16th-22nd is Learning disability week! This national event is organized annually by the learning disability charity, Mencap. Learning disabilities is an umbrella term covering a wide range of lifelong conditions that affect the way a person learns new things.

Really looking forward to the official launch of the @rcn.org.uk and @rcnlibraries.bsky.social launch of #TheArtOfNursing exhibition at RCN HQ on Cavendish Square next week. Here’s a sneak preview. Our Trustee of @fonscharity.bsky.social @drmarionlynch.bsky.social will be there too. Join us!

Dipak Patel, R&D Forum Trustee is wearing red to support all those contributing to research #Red4Research