Quite beautiful. EOL care at home.

This new evidence of the need to invest in core community nursing services will be really helpful @stephlawrence.bsky.social @hattierocket.bsky.social @nursingtimes.bsky.social @rcndcnforum.bsky.social

Our must read research is out - "We've Taken on a More Advanced Clinical Role": Community Nurses' Extended Roles in Palliative Care. @jadvnursing.bsky.social Pls share! Open access: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @theqicn.bsky.social @crystaloldman.bsky.social @alisonleary1.bsky.social

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

Thank you @nuffieldtrust.bsky.social @billypalmer.bsky.social for presenting the initial report on the decline in district nurses at the House of Lords yesterday, hosted by Baroness Watkins. So many leaders in the room passionate about reversing this trend. Looking forward to the full report!

The QICN has serious concerns about government changes to the Apprenticeship programme and impacts on nurse education. Read our statement: qicn.org.uk/news-and-eve...

📢 Care Home nurses, care staff & managers in the UK Help us improve access to end of life symptom management medications in UK care homes youtu.be/ckCT8CzM7BA Share your experiences by completing this short survey 👉 bit.ly/cinch25 @mariecurieuk.bsky.social @pcucambridge.bsky.social

Community nurse in the UK wanting to develop your skills in creating posters to share your innovations at conferences? Join us for our next free QICN Community Nursing Research Forum Masterclass on 3 July: qicn.org.uk/news-and-eve... @theqicn.bsky.social @crystaloldman.bsky.social

Community nursing colleagues in the UK - please could you help with our short survey. We have 1300 participants and keen to reach 1400 if we can Please share too! Survey: cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... @theqicn.bsky.social @arc-southlondon.bsky.social @arceastofengland.bsky.social

🎓 Missed our latest CNRF Research Masterclass? Catch up now! 📹 Watch the recording and read a short summary of Dr Simon Etkind’s insightful session on using critical appraisal skills to review research papers. 👉 View here: qicn.org.uk/news-and-eve... #ResearchMasterclass #CriticalAppraisal

Are you a community nurse working in the UK? Please help us evidence how much of your day-to-day work involves caring for people in their last year of life. Take part in our 10-min max survey study here: cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... @theqicn.bsky.social @hattierocket.bsky.social

BEDS rewritingsocialcare.blog/2025/02/15/b... I think this might be my favourite @bryonyshannon.bsky.social language blog so far. Best line imho 'We focus our attention on whether people require assistance to get in and out of bed and forget to consider whether people have a reason to get up.'

Nominations are open for the Executive Community Nurse Leadership award! CEOs of provider organisations can nominate Chief Nurses/Directors of Nursing. The winner will be announced at the William Rathbone X Award & Lecture. Deadline is 31 March 2025. Find out more: qni.org.uk/news-and-eve...

The Queen’s Nursing Institute is delighted to announce that Steph Lawrence MBE will become our next Chief Executive. Steph will succeed Dr Crystal Oldman CBE, who has led the charity since 2012. Steph will take up the position on 1 July 2025. Find out more 👉 qni.org.uk/news-and-eve...

Ahead of her address at #Rewired25 QNI Chief Executive @crystaloldman.bsky.social has spoken to Nursing Times about digital transformation in community nursing. @dhrewired.bsky.social See you next week in Birmingham! www.nursingtimes.net/digital-and-...

Wishing @crystaloldman.bsky.social a long & happy retirement. I thank you for your passion, leadership & commitment to the advancement of community nursing. You will be missed but the legacy you leave is immeasurable 💜

As we are coming up to a busy time of year- here is a #free #resource supporting #resilience- it was a #CoDesign project with health and social care colleagues - please share widely: resilienceresource.co.uk

editorial from @bmj.com and paper: Poor staff retention is associated with higher patient mortality. Have said it before & I’ll say it again. If you don’t care for the carers, they cannot care for their patients. www.bmj.com/content/387/...

Absolutely delighted to see this finally published. Thank you to our amazing authors and also to my fellow co-editors for keeping me sane!! www.amazon.co.uk/Critical-Man...

Are you a District Nursing Team Leader? can you help with a 10-miunte survey examining advanced practice? survey and info here app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/northumbri... thanks

www.nursinginpractice.com/community-nu... Shocking figures “Government data shows there were just 13,131 Health and Care Worker visa grants between April to September 2024 – down from 80,541 grants in the same period the year before (-84%)”

Community nurse interested in learning more about research? Our QNI bitesize sessions are free and are recorded for you to catch up. Sign up for the Forum for free ⬇️ @theqni.bsky.social (no spam, just a monthly email) @hattierocket.bsky.social @rosyroo.bsky.social qni.org.uk/nursing-in-t...

Good palliative care can alleviate the pain of dying – this bill means Labour must fund it | Rachel Clarke

This is confusing for people who don’t understand how end of life care can and is provided in people’s homes, many many people actually want to be at home to die and are supported to do just that, I can’t see district and community nursing currently coming into these conversations in the press

www.itv.com/watch/tonigh... Essential viewing about hospice care in Britain. I’d add, a missed opportunity to even briefly mention how end of life care coordinated thro collaboration NHS community &primary care &organisations providing nursing/personal/holistic/specialist EOL care in people's homes

I am moving from X. I look forward to connecting on here with colleagues and friends. @theqni.bsky.social

Today @uclpolicylab.bsky.social and the University of Sydney are launching a new report on social isolation and loneliness. We think connection matters for us as individuals, but it also matters for building better politics. www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...

The King's Fund was glad to be able to contribute to this important toolkit, ensuring people's voices are heard at conferences and events and making participation as inclusive as possible. Have a read of the suite of resources below.

Centring lived experience at events about health and social care is vital. That’s why we’ve created research into inclusive event planning and a toolkit for event organisers, developed with @socialcarefuture.bsky.social and @incontrolorg.bsky.social -> thinklocalactpersonal.org.uk/resources/in...

“The importance of continuity of care”

This Self-Care Week we’d like to remind our community nurses and colleagues about the importance of self-care! 💜 Remember ‘you can’t pour from an empty cup’… The Self-Care Forum has lots of great resources 👉https://selfcareforum.org #selfcareweek #mindandbody

Excellent opportunity for a dynamic post-doctoral researcher to join PELi_Cam @ University of Cambridge, and lead exciting end-of-life care research Supported by myself, Prof Stephen Barclay and ARC PEoLC colleagues. 80-100% FTE post. Pls share widely! More details: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49229/