Regency meets Respiratory: 18-25year olds are the ones that have most difficulty with #asthma self care. I nearly died of an asthma attack when I was 20. That’s why I created a series of parody videos based on the #Netflix series #Bridgerton pointing out the issues. youtu.be/3X7PDUs-BSs?...

Last week I was privileged to be admitted,as a nurse,as Freeman of the City of London (following in my Dad’s footsteps) proud to be part of the history of the city & nursing-will do my best with the book of rules! @rcn.org.uk @carterp118.bsky.social @natlou28.bsky.social @alisonleary1.bsky.social

It's astonishing to me that so much healthcare policy fails to take on board subject matter expertise or engaging the workforce in design or implementation and still expect success www.nursinginpractice.com/latest-news/...

Are you an experienced registered nurse in NHS employment (direct or indirect) at risk of redundancy? Willing to talk on or off the record? Trusted journalist #journorequest DMs open.

This is very good news, losing the L7 in health would have been profound. Well done @ihealthvisiting.bsky.social @theqicn.bsky.social SAPHNA and co for persisting with this.

Thanks for joining us and sharing your insights on nursing as a safety-critical workforce, Prof. Leary!

Overwork and the normalisation of poor care by healthcare leaders are the two issues I am contacted about most frequently. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ju...

I spent last week in Canada and was delighted to speak to Canada's Premiers and Health Minister at the invitation of @cfnu.bsky.social Also got to see some of beautiful Muskoka.

@bldgsciences.bsky.social @samlmontano.bsky.social @alisonleary1.bsky.social @hindshelen.bsky.social @lucygobag.bsky.social @hasisd.bsky.social @paoloquattrone.bsky.social @rubonist.bsky.social more evidence of the benefits of anticipatory spending …And a whole-of-society approach to resilience.

Basically this is a Trust asking for registered nurses to work for a band 3 salary

The Journal of Advanced Nursing has published a new research paper that provides compelling evidence for the advance role nurses now practice and the pressing need for reinvestment in community nursing. @drbenbowers.bsky.social @alisonleary1.bsky.social 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Join us on 20th October at the Royal College of Nursing. Hope to see you there. #nurses #midwives restorativethinking.co.uk/resources/ @pmarquisrcn.bsky.social @swj1.bsky.social @alisonleary1.bsky.social @ecwestcott.bsky.social @simoneth.bsky.social @mattetherington.bsky.social

Spent this morning @sciencemuseum.org.uk with @awscloud.bsky.social and a real highlight was seeing this for real

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

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@rcn.org.uk member? Make sure your details are up-to-date

Just out - letter in @JAMAInternalMed led by @joannamdavies.bsky.social “Understanding the risks that MAiD [assisted dying] may pose to individuals living in vulnerable situations … should be a priority.”

One of the many fine works of the Irish poet, Paul Durcan, who passed away this weekend - few have ever written better on death

Community nurses based in the UK? Please help us evidence how much of your work involves end of life care. Take part in our 10-min max survey study here: cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... @theqicn.bsky.social @crystaloldman.bsky.social @johnunsworth10.bsky.social @rosyroo.bsky.social

On Friday had a fantastic conversation with Paula McLaren at the NMC about work on regulating advanced practice in nursing and midwifery. Watch out for it soon on the NMC Advanced practice website www.nmc.org.uk/news/news-an...

I often worry about the future of #nursing because working conditions are quite poor now it won't attract people. But I spent this week #RCN25 with bright, intelligent, compassionate next generation #nurses willing to advocate for patients & professionals. it's really given me hope. Thank you!

Fantastic week at #RCN25 Met some amazing humans Opened or contributed to 5 debates Developed 3 amazing learning events with @nhsactivistrn.bsky.social @alisonleary1.bsky.social @drmarionlynch.bsky.social Congress is the Glastonbury of nursing, it’s amazing and it brings me so much joy

What's better than jam? Jam that tessalates!!!

#RCN25 day 3 #valuenursing

Today is International Nurses Day. In my role as Editor in Chief of Evidence Based Nursing I’ve written a blog discussing how caring for nurses is good for the economy: blogs.bmj.com/ebn/?p=2951 Let me know what you think!

Lookingf orward to @rcn.org.uk Congress in #Liverpool Already met lots of enthusiastic people!

Community nurses - how much of your work involves end of life care? Does any of this work have to go deferred? Please help with our short anonymous survey & share widely with colleagues 🙂 Take part here: cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... @crystaloldman.bsky.social @theqicn.bsky.social

Are you registered nurse, NSW/HCA/NA/SNA who has had to accept a lower paid role/band in the last 5 years we are keen to know why. Lack of flexible working? No opportunity? Poor working conditions? Any role, any setting, any employer, anywhere in the UK www.surveymonkey.com/r/AFCRN

Really interesting day yesterday Reflecting on how pervasive new general management theory has been on #healthcare #workforce usually at the expense of safety. @whoeurope.bsky.social giving us the opportunityto discuss this & other issues 👍👍👍

Really great to be @whoeurope.bsky.social for some really great conversations about #workforce #health

New paper on the relationship between patient safety and psychological safety @monty5429 & colleagues Patient safety may be contradictory to elements of psychological safety, as the absence of harm is not congruent with a safety environment approach journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Calling all UK registered #nurses & HCAs NSW NAs TNAs have you had to seek or take a lower paid role (AFC or hourly rate) to get the kind of work you need? Not just any NHS but any role, any setting, any employer, any UK country for any reason www.surveymonkey.com/r/AFCRN

Calling all UK registered #nurses & HCAs NSW NAs TNAs have you had to seek or take a lower paid role (AFC or hourly rate) to get the kind of work you need? Not just any NHS but any role, any setting, any employer, any UK country for any reason www.surveymonkey.com/r/AFCRN

Really looking forward to meeting everyone in Copenhagen in a couple of weeks and thank you to @whoeurope.bsky.social for creating a space to share contemporary workforce modelling knowledge

Read the thread and weep. It is these experiences that people will bring to the digitalisation of health. And I can't see any serious thinking going on in the health policy world on this. Anything that works as an obstacle rather than an enabler will just drive people towards unplanned service use.

The role @theHSSIB are saying is essential for safety is basically primary nursing, this is what #nurses on wards did & clinical nurse specialists, district nurses etc still do. Essential for safety/efficiency but im still asked to prove their worth #CNSValue www.hssib.org.uk/patient-safe...

Did you know that April is Stress Awareness Month? We'd love to hear from you - how do you manage stress, either at work or at home?

Oh NO. Oh no no no.

Public satisfaction with adult #socialcare remains at an all-time low, with just 13% of people saying they are very or quite satisfied, according to the new British Social Attitudes survey. But we’re still at least 2.5 years away from promise of reform. Short thread ⬇️

Delighted to speak at the pan European cross border preparedness meeting today More European countries are looking at contemporary approaches to workforce to improve system resilience

A suggestion for those who need to engage with statistics as clinical researchers - commit to reading one of these short papers each week. These are not written for statisticians and they are highly digestible. Hop on to bsky with any specific questions.

True story, [name redacted] celebrity academic was v rude to a woman at an event, she told him he was rude and he said “who are you again?”. She replied “I wrote your last book”.

In 2024, just 1 in 5 British adults (21%) were satisfied with the way in which the NHS runs – the lowest level of satisfaction since the #BritishSocialAttitudes survey began. It’s a decline of 39 percentage points since 2019. @thekingsfund.bsky.social www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/research/pub...

With huge backing of those in the profession, we need change. Thanks to Ann Keen, @alisonleary1.bsky.social Paul Trevatt for inspiration & co-sponsors @paulettehamiltonmp.bsky.social @tulipsiddiq.bsky.social @sharonhodgsonmp.bsky.social @barrygardiner.bsky.social @julietcampbellmp.bsky.social

To protect patient safety and ensure the clinical expertise of nursing are maintained, the title of “nurse” must be protected in law. Write to your MP today and urge them to protect patient safety by ensuring that only registered nurses are legally allowed to use the title "nurse".

This also explains why workforce policy doesn't meet service needs. So much workforce policy is consensus based by those with little subject matter expertise and virtually no knowledge of the evidence.

Great to see @billypalmer.bsky.social discussing nursing shortages and how we compare with other countries on @channel4news.bsky.social with @rcn.org.uk @alisonleary1.bsky.social @cathynewman.bsky.social www.channel4.com/news/impact-....

Thank you to everyone who has supported so this has reached 98% of MPs! It takes less than a minute to tell your MP to support nursing and patient safety

I was genuinely shocked by this story - both for the scale of the harm but also the cover-up by the NHS. It never got the attention it deserved IMO 1,540 children have been misdiagnosed by NHS hearing tests since 2019 4/6 www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...