Karen Hellewell
karenhellewell.bsky.social
Karen Hellewell
@karenhellewell.bsky.social
Registered Nurse. Cancer Nursing and Education - NHS, social care, and charity sector exp. Currently working for Macmillan Cancer Support. Views my own.
Manchester #MCFC
@countarthurstrong.bsky.social Sitting in the foyer wondering if the show will feature the ghost Bob Marley and Teeny Tom? Break a leg!
November 30, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Today we've released a devastating report on the crisis of patients being treated in inappropriate settings in our NHS.

With over 5000 testimonies from nursing staff, the report reveals how widespread this crisis has become, and how it's putting lives at risk.

Read more: https://bit.ly/3WiS8wB
Nicola Ranger launches the RCN Corridor Care Report
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger launches the RCN report on corridor care in the UK.
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January 16, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Frailty in Older Adults with #ProstateCancer

euoncology.europeanurology.com/article/S258...

Tailored tx, including geriatric interventions & supportive care, are crucial for frail patients

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December 2, 2024 at 5:55 PM
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Let's talk about the phrase "Trainee in difficulty" because I hate it.

Mainly because I was one...

Labelled.
Othered.
Shamed.

Lumped in a box with other doctors navigating challenges of many kinds.

We need a system with compassion.
One that cares & supports.

Language matters.

#MedSky
November 27, 2024 at 7:46 PM
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It's #LungCancerAwarenessMonth and in Manchester, where we have one of the worst Lung Cancer mortality rates in England (approx double the national average), we're on a mission to improve diagnosis & treatment of this disease that's the leading cause of cancer death worldwide 🌎

1/4🧵👇
November 20, 2024 at 3:26 PM
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Hi all! Feels exciting - a new and friendly place to exchange ideas. I'm Ben, a clinical academic nurse researching how we can make dying care at home better. An occasional improver and cyclist ... just for fun
November 18, 2024 at 10:20 PM
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Illness trajectories of incurable solid cancers

We need to shift our approach to ambulatory palliative care education to managing patients over years and also define the boundaries and ways to collaborate between us and primary care for those living with cancer

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38428972/
November 17, 2024 at 12:17 AM
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I've started a UK Nursing Starter Pack - for all your favourite accounts 😂

Let's regrow a productive and professional space!

Let me know if you'd like to be added.

go.bsky.app/PhwkYGi
November 15, 2024 at 3:31 PM
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Bluesky reminds me of joining Twitter in 2017.

Sometimes you don't realise how bad something has become.
November 16, 2024 at 12:23 PM