Not least people with severe mental illness - who share many of the characteristics described in this excellent The King's Fund report. Only by addressing inequity and inequality will we close the #mortalitygap Royal College of Psychiatrists Lade Smith CBE 🌈 Rajesh Mohan Amrit Sachar 🇵🇸 #StopTheGenocide #parityofesteem

"What you want is genuine brilliance and experience closest to the risk, and that’s the people closest to the patient. But we don’t financially reward those staff" - The RCN chief

Dr Theresa Porrett Prof Alison Leary 💙#ProtectNurse ASCN UK Peter carter Alex Filipe Carvalho Wendy Osborne Natasha Rolls RGN (@luckywoman.bsky.social 🦋 Roy Lilley 💙 Richard Brady (researchactive.bsky.social) It seems we are all having similar issues with specialist nursing roles, I have had a few conversations with Alison Leary and subsequently started this petition. Please can you consider signing and sharing chng.it/pQ57kGznXk

What is psychological safety? Until now, one concept has dominated the answer to this question. The problem is that this concept is based only in physical #healthcare settings. Our new questionnaire captures #psychologicalsafety in #MentalHealth staff 👏 academic.oup.com/intqhc/article…

A year this week marks leaving #academia &returning full time to clinical practice. Enjoying my role. It has many & varied challenges. There are tough days where everything is on fire but OMG best decision! #ThrivingNotSurviving & still research active! As Madge says...

New paper on impact case studies and nursing research in REF2021 Bridie Kent FRCN Michael Traynor Hugh McKenna Ruth Harris Dr Barbara Farquharson Prof Parveen Ali Rachel Taylor Ann McMahon PhD, FRCN Bridget Johnston RN (FRCN)💙 RCN Research Forum REF 2029 update on previous 2014 study bit.ly/4gUdgBU

Should we be looking at recruitment too? Targets are being met by lowering entry gates and passing students at all costs- often we are ignoring warning signs & making misleading adaptations in order to get students through and then inevitably watching them struggle & leave.

Hello X-can you help? We are particularly interested in UK members of the public views If you saw a name badge with "preregistered nurse" on someone caring for you, what would you think that job title means? Please RT Thank you!

Sleep is the most underrated biological function determining your health, happiness, & longevity. I ignored it for years—until I met Matthew Walker, the 'Sleep Diplomat,' who helps millions unlock peak health through sleep. Here’s what his 20+ years of research reveals:

Braun and Clarke's new open access paper on Big Q Qualitative* Reporting Guidelines for authors, reviewers, and editors. * "non-positivist research that is qualitative in its values and paradigm, data, and analytic and reporting practices" tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Dear #Edinburgh, Can we please sort out the appalling internet speeds/coverage in the centre of the city before we build anymore trams? Please and thanks

This study was led by the fabulous Sarah Eley, who isn't on twitter and Dr Andy Stanfield both of Patrick Wild Centre . We need to be mindful of crediting and acknowledging females in a female dominated profession!!!

Sharing my thoughts The BMJ on why we need to retain experience for health care to be safe and productive “Rookie factor”: why healthcare workforce policy needs to embrace experience bmj.com/content/387/bm…

I hate you Aer Lingus and your shitty regional service. App says one thing and the airport screen another

NEW PAPER: Nursing is NOT a set of tasks. Our theoretical proposition elucidates the complexity of daily work. Understanding the complexity and interconnectednes of nursing care (and expertise needed) reveals the risks of staffing by task allocation sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Who’d have thought that 2025’s people’s princess would be a former British Diplomat who is 38, sings backwards superbly, and would plea for forgiveness if he ever so much as misspelled your name? We love you. #TheTraitorsUK

“How would you rank that episode?” #TheTraitors #TheTraitorsUK

When you make eye contact with your work bestie after hearing a piece of gossip you promised you wouldn’t share #TheTraitors #TheTraitorsUK

Did you know anyone in the UK can call themselves a #Nurse? Even if they have no qualifications, have been struck off or convicted of a crime? Support Dawn Butler ✊🏾💙 campaign to #ProtectNurse Write to your MP here. Pls RT ! action.rcn.org.uk/page/166204/ac…

A powerful maiden speech by Baroness anne marie rafferty yesterday, celebrating #IWD2025 and, as always speaking to the evidence. Every nurse and undergrad needs to watch this, & watch it again. Parliamentlive.tv parliamentlive.tv/event/index/b4… #STEM #WeAreGlobalNurses #Nurses4SDGs