Alison Paterson
@alimully.bsky.social
Registered Nurse, RCN Professional Nursing Committee Eastern Region representative. Enjoying running, gardening & gluten free baking
Hearing heartbreaking but also hugely inspiring stories from nurses in Gaza and Myanmar #rcn25 #nursinginwar
May 14, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Hearing heartbreaking but also hugely inspiring stories from nurses in Gaza and Myanmar #rcn25 #nursinginwar
Beautiful morning in Liverpool for Day 3 of #rcn25 Out early for an #nhs1000miles before another full day of debates and discussing #nhs1000miles #thisisnursing
May 14, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Beautiful morning in Liverpool for Day 3 of #rcn25 Out early for an #nhs1000miles before another full day of debates and discussing #nhs1000miles #thisisnursing
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Know any nurses/midwives who lead teams at the point of care & are interested in developing more person-centred cultures?
👇
Drop in info session (no need to book) 25/4 12.00-12.30 buff.ly/RDOYcrf
@firogers3.bsky.social @alimully.bsky.social @calvinmoorley.bsky.social @deflatman.bsky.social
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Drop in info session (no need to book) 25/4 12.00-12.30 buff.ly/RDOYcrf
@firogers3.bsky.social @alimully.bsky.social @calvinmoorley.bsky.social @deflatman.bsky.social
April 17, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Know any nurses/midwives who lead teams at the point of care & are interested in developing more person-centred cultures?
👇
Drop in info session (no need to book) 25/4 12.00-12.30 buff.ly/RDOYcrf
@firogers3.bsky.social @alimully.bsky.social @calvinmoorley.bsky.social @deflatman.bsky.social
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Drop in info session (no need to book) 25/4 12.00-12.30 buff.ly/RDOYcrf
@firogers3.bsky.social @alimully.bsky.social @calvinmoorley.bsky.social @deflatman.bsky.social
#Gardening #happyplace
Nice to get out in the garden, pot up some bits, tidy up and do some mulching. Fruit trees blossoming nicely
Nice to get out in the garden, pot up some bits, tidy up and do some mulching. Fruit trees blossoming nicely
April 17, 2025 at 10:24 AM
#Gardening #happyplace
Nice to get out in the garden, pot up some bits, tidy up and do some mulching. Fruit trees blossoming nicely
Nice to get out in the garden, pot up some bits, tidy up and do some mulching. Fruit trees blossoming nicely
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It really is. A Nursing Standard FOI showed 93% of Trusts employed people with 2nurse" in their titles who had no nursing qualifications or NMC registration rcni.com/nursing-stan...
New push for legal protection of ‘nurse’ in job titles
MP Dawn Butler is to introduce a bill that would make it illegal for individuals to call themselves a ‘nurse’ unless registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). This follows earlier campa...
rcni.com
February 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
It really is. A Nursing Standard FOI showed 93% of Trusts employed people with 2nurse" in their titles who had no nursing qualifications or NMC registration rcni.com/nursing-stan...
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This is really good news. Its concerning that in the UK anyone can call themselves a nurse and offer nursing services even if they have no qualifications, have been struck off or convicted
Fully support this bill
Fully support this bill
🚨NEW: On Tuesday 11th February, I will introduce a Ten Minute Rule Bill seeking to make ‘nurse’ a protected title in UK law.
Pleased to have support from and build on the vital Protect Nurse campaign. #ProtectNurse
Read more: www.dawnbutler.org.uk/ten_minute_r...
Pleased to have support from and build on the vital Protect Nurse campaign. #ProtectNurse
Read more: www.dawnbutler.org.uk/ten_minute_r...
February 5, 2025 at 5:25 PM
This is really good news. Its concerning that in the UK anyone can call themselves a nurse and offer nursing services even if they have no qualifications, have been struck off or convicted
Fully support this bill
Fully support this bill
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🎶
when you go, will you send back
a lettuce from America?
🎶
when you go, will you send back
a lettuce from America?
🎶
January 18, 2025 at 9:16 AM
🎶
when you go, will you send back
a lettuce from America?
🎶
when you go, will you send back
a lettuce from America?
🎶
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In a new blog this week we respond to the Royal College of Nursing's report on the corridor care crisis and the need to identify and respond to incidents of avoidable harm and patient safety concerns related to this⬇️
www.pslhub.org/learn/patien...
www.pslhub.org/learn/patien...
Response to RCN report: On the frontline of the UK’s corridor care crisis (Patient Safety Learning, 17 January 2025)
Patient Safety Learning's response to the RCN report on the UK's corridor care crisis
www.pslhub.org
January 19, 2025 at 1:16 PM
In a new blog this week we respond to the Royal College of Nursing's report on the corridor care crisis and the need to identify and respond to incidents of avoidable harm and patient safety concerns related to this⬇️
www.pslhub.org/learn/patien...
www.pslhub.org/learn/patien...
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It’s great to see posts for #NHS1000miles here’s a bit more information if helpful 😉💫🏃🏻♀️🚶🏻♀️🏊
January 6, 2025 at 6:18 AM
It’s great to see posts for #NHS1000miles here’s a bit more information if helpful 😉💫🏃🏻♀️🚶🏻♀️🏊
@rcn.org.uk Good to hear Nicola Ranger on #LauraKuenssberg this morning bringing the conversation back to the workforce, specifically the #nursing workforce. Nurses are vital to health and social care.
January 5, 2025 at 9:57 AM
@rcn.org.uk Good to hear Nicola Ranger on #LauraKuenssberg this morning bringing the conversation back to the workforce, specifically the #nursing workforce. Nurses are vital to health and social care.
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This is prioritising cleaning the windows while the house is on fire. Hardworking NHS staff deserve better, patients deserve better.
www.theguardian.com/society/2023...
www.theguardian.com/society/2023...
NHS staff shortages in England could exceed 570,000 by 2036, leaked document warns
Exclusive: workplace plan sent to ministers says deficit will rise rapidly from current 154,000 if current trends continue
www.theguardian.com
January 5, 2025 at 7:30 AM
This is prioritising cleaning the windows while the house is on fire. Hardworking NHS staff deserve better, patients deserve better.
www.theguardian.com/society/2023...
www.theguardian.com/society/2023...
A clinician still has to review results from remote monitoring apps to decide if people need to be seen, the work still needs to be done by a person....
Wes Streeting to scrap over a million ‘pointless’ hospital appointments
Health Secretary says ‘waste of time’ hospital check-ups could be abolished
www.telegraph.co.uk
January 5, 2025 at 8:38 AM
A clinician still has to review results from remote monitoring apps to decide if people need to be seen, the work still needs to be done by a person....
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𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗗𝗼 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗪𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗡𝗼𝗻-𝗖𝗼𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗰𝘀 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗱?
Sometimes it feels like the world doesn’t quite get gluten-free life. If you could tell non-coeliacs one thing to make life easier, what would it be?
#glutenfree
Sometimes it feels like the world doesn’t quite get gluten-free life. If you could tell non-coeliacs one thing to make life easier, what would it be?
#glutenfree
January 3, 2025 at 11:05 AM
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗗𝗼 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗪𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗡𝗼𝗻-𝗖𝗼𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗰𝘀 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗱?
Sometimes it feels like the world doesn’t quite get gluten-free life. If you could tell non-coeliacs one thing to make life easier, what would it be?
#glutenfree
Sometimes it feels like the world doesn’t quite get gluten-free life. If you could tell non-coeliacs one thing to make life easier, what would it be?
#glutenfree
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🚨THIS WEEKEND please join me & the British Heart Foundation in inspiring the nation to learn LIFE SAVING CPR❤️🙏
450,000 people have now engaged with the FREE online training course to learn CPR in JUST 15 MINUTES!
Let’s be ready👇
www.bhf.org.uk/how-you-can-...
450,000 people have now engaged with the FREE online training course to learn CPR in JUST 15 MINUTES!
Let’s be ready👇
www.bhf.org.uk/how-you-can-...
January 4, 2025 at 7:54 AM
🚨THIS WEEKEND please join me & the British Heart Foundation in inspiring the nation to learn LIFE SAVING CPR❤️🙏
450,000 people have now engaged with the FREE online training course to learn CPR in JUST 15 MINUTES!
Let’s be ready👇
www.bhf.org.uk/how-you-can-...
450,000 people have now engaged with the FREE online training course to learn CPR in JUST 15 MINUTES!
Let’s be ready👇
www.bhf.org.uk/how-you-can-...
This is happening, the pressures due to long shifts and the moral injury of being unable to provide the care they want to affects staff.
Our #CareInTheCold campaign is covered in the Mirror today. Our founder @clairegoodwinfee.bsky.social said:
"Long demanding shifts being unable to provide the level of care staff aspire to takes a serious toll."
To donate/volunteer: frontline19.com 🙏
www.mirror.co.uk/news/health/...
"Long demanding shifts being unable to provide the level of care staff aspire to takes a serious toll."
To donate/volunteer: frontline19.com 🙏
www.mirror.co.uk/news/health/...
NHS staff suicide fears after Christmas and New Year shifts take 'serious toll'
Counsellors for NHS workers going through crisis warned about "long, emotionally and physically demanding shifts" after one in three reported having poor mental health
www.mirror.co.uk
January 3, 2025 at 8:54 PM
This is happening, the pressures due to long shifts and the moral injury of being unable to provide the care they want to affects staff.
Opportunity for a RN/RSCN with sickle cell expertise to play a vital role in peoples transition from paediatric to adult care. Please share
@dameanionwu.bsky.social
www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/careers/vaca...
Current vacancies – East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
Are you a retired NHS employee? You could join the NHS Retirement Fellowship.
www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk
January 2, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Opportunity for a RN/RSCN with sickle cell expertise to play a vital role in peoples transition from paediatric to adult care. Please share
@dameanionwu.bsky.social
www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/careers/vaca...
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Investigating the investigators
NHS workplace investigations have been increasingly criticised. External investigators such ibex gale and Capsticks are especially important in cases that might go to Tribunals. If you have been directly involved please contact us.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/invest...
NHS workplace investigations have been increasingly criticised. External investigators such ibex gale and Capsticks are especially important in cases that might go to Tribunals. If you have been directly involved please contact us.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/invest...
Investigating the investigators
Workplace investigations in response to alleged disciplinary concerns, allegations of discrimination or bullying or in response to staff raising protected disclosures are important. They play a crucia...
www.linkedin.com
January 1, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Investigating the investigators
NHS workplace investigations have been increasingly criticised. External investigators such ibex gale and Capsticks are especially important in cases that might go to Tribunals. If you have been directly involved please contact us.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/invest...
NHS workplace investigations have been increasingly criticised. External investigators such ibex gale and Capsticks are especially important in cases that might go to Tribunals. If you have been directly involved please contact us.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/invest...
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No government in the last 10-20 years (since Blair really) has shown the slightest interest in retaining/developing the expert experienced healthcare workforce. In fact Tories approached us like we’re an expensive waste.
Will @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social do better?
Bring back seniority pay?!
Will @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social do better?
Bring back seniority pay?!
December 20, 2024 at 10:07 PM
No government in the last 10-20 years (since Blair really) has shown the slightest interest in retaining/developing the expert experienced healthcare workforce. In fact Tories approached us like we’re an expensive waste.
Will @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social do better?
Bring back seniority pay?!
Will @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social do better?
Bring back seniority pay?!
Why is this so difficult for healthcare leaders to understand? Putting safety first means your most experienced staff nearest the risk, the opposite of what healthcare does.
My latest @bmj.com on why an experienced workforce is necessary for safety and productivity www.bmj.com/content/387/...
“Rookie factor”: why healthcare workforce policy needs to embrace experience
What price experience? I have been working across several safety critical industries for years and in terms of the approaches that these industries take to workforce issues there are some stark differ...
www.bmj.com
December 20, 2024 at 9:08 PM
Why is this so difficult for healthcare leaders to understand? Putting safety first means your most experienced staff nearest the risk, the opposite of what healthcare does.
Enjoyed 2 muddy undulating runs this weekend, XC with the club (lovely to see @kathevans2.bsky.social ) and #panshangerparkrun with Henry
YTD 852miles - but not sure if my counting is out as strava end of year says 924miles #nhs1000miles
YTD 852miles - but not sure if my counting is out as strava end of year says 924miles #nhs1000miles
December 15, 2024 at 9:13 PM
Enjoyed 2 muddy undulating runs this weekend, XC with the club (lovely to see @kathevans2.bsky.social ) and #panshangerparkrun with Henry
YTD 852miles - but not sure if my counting is out as strava end of year says 924miles #nhs1000miles
YTD 852miles - but not sure if my counting is out as strava end of year says 924miles #nhs1000miles
Great EofE Cancer Alliance Lead Cancer Nurses Macmillan community of practice meeting today. Presentations by Greater Manchester Cancer Academy & Farming Community Network followed by discussions about success over the last year and looking ahead.
December 12, 2024 at 10:20 PM
Great EofE Cancer Alliance Lead Cancer Nurses Macmillan community of practice meeting today. Presentations by Greater Manchester Cancer Academy & Farming Community Network followed by discussions about success over the last year and looking ahead.
Corrider care is unsafe for lots of reasons, it's also inefficient
December 6, 2024 at 11:56 PM
Corrider care is unsafe for lots of reasons, it's also inefficient
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Do you know a colleague who makes an extraordinary contribution to the nursing community?
At the RCN Awards, we honour RCN members who deserve special recognition for their work.
✨Nominations for the 2025 awards are open✨
Make your nominations here ▶️ bit.ly/4fzUgY9
At the RCN Awards, we honour RCN members who deserve special recognition for their work.
✨Nominations for the 2025 awards are open✨
Make your nominations here ▶️ bit.ly/4fzUgY9
December 6, 2024 at 10:15 AM
Do you know a colleague who makes an extraordinary contribution to the nursing community?
At the RCN Awards, we honour RCN members who deserve special recognition for their work.
✨Nominations for the 2025 awards are open✨
Make your nominations here ▶️ bit.ly/4fzUgY9
At the RCN Awards, we honour RCN members who deserve special recognition for their work.
✨Nominations for the 2025 awards are open✨
Make your nominations here ▶️ bit.ly/4fzUgY9
Baking done for the church Christmas tree festival tomorrow. Accidently #glutenfree as no 'normal' flour in the house @coeliacuk.bsky.social #coeliacfriendly
December 6, 2024 at 7:50 PM
Baking done for the church Christmas tree festival tomorrow. Accidently #glutenfree as no 'normal' flour in the house @coeliacuk.bsky.social #coeliacfriendly