Simon Browes
@sabrowes.bsky.social
@RCN.org.uk
North West Regional Director
Consultant Nurse, MSc, RN, SCPHN
Cert. Public Mental Health (RCPsych)
🧪 FRSPH
👥 PCE Psychotherapy @spti-nottm.bsky.social
Stumbling into middle age, occasionally fall over.
Personal views.
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ (He/Him)
North West Regional Director
Consultant Nurse, MSc, RN, SCPHN
Cert. Public Mental Health (RCPsych)
🧪 FRSPH
👥 PCE Psychotherapy @spti-nottm.bsky.social
Stumbling into middle age, occasionally fall over.
Personal views.
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ (He/Him)
Unpacking boxes after redecorating my house. First priority: books back on the shelves in my office.
#TherapistSky #NurseSky #HomeOffice
#TherapistSky #NurseSky #HomeOffice
December 30, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Unpacking boxes after redecorating my house. First priority: books back on the shelves in my office.
#TherapistSky #NurseSky #HomeOffice
#TherapistSky #NurseSky #HomeOffice
First day in a while with nothing planned. No shoulds, no musts, only coulds.
Body clock got me up at six. Enjoyed walking into a town still half asleep. Sat with a coffee and a podcast. Practising something important: letting presence exist without purpose.
#TherapistSky #NurseSky
Body clock got me up at six. Enjoyed walking into a town still half asleep. Sat with a coffee and a podcast. Practising something important: letting presence exist without purpose.
#TherapistSky #NurseSky
December 26, 2025 at 10:25 AM
First day in a while with nothing planned. No shoulds, no musts, only coulds.
Body clock got me up at six. Enjoyed walking into a town still half asleep. Sat with a coffee and a podcast. Practising something important: letting presence exist without purpose.
#TherapistSky #NurseSky
Body clock got me up at six. Enjoyed walking into a town still half asleep. Sat with a coffee and a podcast. Practising something important: letting presence exist without purpose.
#TherapistSky #NurseSky
Reposted by Simon Browes
For anyone finding Christmas heavy rather than happy, there is always someone who will listen.
Day or night.
No judgement.
🤍 #MentalHealth #TherapistSky #NurseSky #UKPublicHealth
Day or night.
No judgement.
🤍 #MentalHealth #TherapistSky #NurseSky #UKPublicHealth
December 21, 2025 at 1:22 PM
For anyone finding Christmas heavy rather than happy, there is always someone who will listen.
Day or night.
No judgement.
🤍 #MentalHealth #TherapistSky #NurseSky #UKPublicHealth
Day or night.
No judgement.
🤍 #MentalHealth #TherapistSky #NurseSky #UKPublicHealth
The @rcn.org.uk campaign for pay reform, evidenced in our latest report, is being heard at the highest levels of government.
Watch Health Secretary Wes Streeting tell the Health and Social Care Select Committee how we've been 'banging the drum' on this issue.
#NurseSky #NHS #RCN
Watch Health Secretary Wes Streeting tell the Health and Social Care Select Committee how we've been 'banging the drum' on this issue.
#NurseSky #NHS #RCN
December 23, 2025 at 6:27 PM
The @rcn.org.uk campaign for pay reform, evidenced in our latest report, is being heard at the highest levels of government.
Watch Health Secretary Wes Streeting tell the Health and Social Care Select Committee how we've been 'banging the drum' on this issue.
#NurseSky #NHS #RCN
Watch Health Secretary Wes Streeting tell the Health and Social Care Select Committee how we've been 'banging the drum' on this issue.
#NurseSky #NHS #RCN
Nursing doesn’t stop for Christmas.
We are a 24/7, 365 profession that carries a huge amount.
Whether you’re working, resting, or just getting through, you matter and you are valued.
Wishing everyone a peaceful Christmas and a kinder, fairer year ahead. 💚
#NurseSky #Nursing @rcn.org.uk
We are a 24/7, 365 profession that carries a huge amount.
Whether you’re working, resting, or just getting through, you matter and you are valued.
Wishing everyone a peaceful Christmas and a kinder, fairer year ahead. 💚
#NurseSky #Nursing @rcn.org.uk
December 23, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Nursing doesn’t stop for Christmas.
We are a 24/7, 365 profession that carries a huge amount.
Whether you’re working, resting, or just getting through, you matter and you are valued.
Wishing everyone a peaceful Christmas and a kinder, fairer year ahead. 💚
#NurseSky #Nursing @rcn.org.uk
We are a 24/7, 365 profession that carries a huge amount.
Whether you’re working, resting, or just getting through, you matter and you are valued.
Wishing everyone a peaceful Christmas and a kinder, fairer year ahead. 💚
#NurseSky #Nursing @rcn.org.uk
Reposted by Simon Browes
"If we continue to reduce registered nurse availability to patients in the current context of financial pressure, it’s extremely likely more people will die" says lead researcher @alisonleary1.bsky.social
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: English hospitals that cut registered nurses saw more deaths while those hiring nurses saw more patients survive. Even when hospitals tried to fill gaps with non-nurses, deaths still went up. Major new study exposes dangerous NHS variation:
www.thetimes.com/article/7eed...
www.thetimes.com/article/7eed...
Death rates rise when NHS cuts back on nursing
Using lower-paid workers to plug the gaps left by a failure to hire registered nurses damages safety, new research has shown
www.thetimes.com
December 21, 2025 at 8:48 AM
"If we continue to reduce registered nurse availability to patients in the current context of financial pressure, it’s extremely likely more people will die" says lead researcher @alisonleary1.bsky.social
For anyone finding Christmas heavy rather than happy, there is always someone who will listen.
Day or night.
No judgement.
🤍 #MentalHealth #TherapistSky #NurseSky #UKPublicHealth
Day or night.
No judgement.
🤍 #MentalHealth #TherapistSky #NurseSky #UKPublicHealth
December 21, 2025 at 1:22 PM
For anyone finding Christmas heavy rather than happy, there is always someone who will listen.
Day or night.
No judgement.
🤍 #MentalHealth #TherapistSky #NurseSky #UKPublicHealth
Day or night.
No judgement.
🤍 #MentalHealth #TherapistSky #NurseSky #UKPublicHealth
My Blog in December's Independent Nurse
"At its most advanced, nursing is truly holistic, combining
clinical expertise with relational insight to see beyond symptoms and understand the context shaping them."
#NurseSky #PublicHealth #PrimaryCare
in.mydigitalpublication.co.uk/articles/opi...
"At its most advanced, nursing is truly holistic, combining
clinical expertise with relational insight to see beyond symptoms and understand the context shaping them."
#NurseSky #PublicHealth #PrimaryCare
in.mydigitalpublication.co.uk/articles/opi...
Independent Nurse December 2025: Opinion
SIMON BROWES Advanced nursing practice is the key to inclusive care What do equity and parity mean in healthcare? For me, it’s recognising that nursing offers …
in.mydigitalpublication.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 12:13 PM
My Blog in December's Independent Nurse
"At its most advanced, nursing is truly holistic, combining
clinical expertise with relational insight to see beyond symptoms and understand the context shaping them."
#NurseSky #PublicHealth #PrimaryCare
in.mydigitalpublication.co.uk/articles/opi...
"At its most advanced, nursing is truly holistic, combining
clinical expertise with relational insight to see beyond symptoms and understand the context shaping them."
#NurseSky #PublicHealth #PrimaryCare
in.mydigitalpublication.co.uk/articles/opi...
#UKPublicHealth
www.hsj.co.uk/finance-and-...
Holding the public health grant flat in real terms is an active policy choice to deprioritise prevention.
www.hsj.co.uk/finance-and-...
Holding the public health grant flat in real terms is an active policy choice to deprioritise prevention.
Prevention shift ‘left behind’ as budgets are held flat
Public health allocations are due to be held flat in real terms for three years, despite the government's intended "shift from treatment to prevention".
www.hsj.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 9:47 AM
#UKPublicHealth
www.hsj.co.uk/finance-and-...
Holding the public health grant flat in real terms is an active policy choice to deprioritise prevention.
www.hsj.co.uk/finance-and-...
Holding the public health grant flat in real terms is an active policy choice to deprioritise prevention.
🧵 Safe Staffing vs Productivity: A False Choice
Glen Burley says nursing acuity tools inflate costs. Here’s why that argument misses the evidence—and what leaders should do instead. #NHS #SafeStaffing #HealthPolicy #NurseSky
www.hsj.co.uk/workforce/ho...
Glen Burley says nursing acuity tools inflate costs. Here’s why that argument misses the evidence—and what leaders should do instead. #NHS #SafeStaffing #HealthPolicy #NurseSky
www.hsj.co.uk/workforce/ho...
Hospitals ‘needlessly increasing nurse numbers’
A widely used tool for estimating "safe" levels of nursing is leading to unnecessarily inflated staffing and costs in some hospitals, an NHS England director has suggested.
www.hsj.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
🧵 Safe Staffing vs Productivity: A False Choice
Glen Burley says nursing acuity tools inflate costs. Here’s why that argument misses the evidence—and what leaders should do instead. #NHS #SafeStaffing #HealthPolicy #NurseSky
www.hsj.co.uk/workforce/ho...
Glen Burley says nursing acuity tools inflate costs. Here’s why that argument misses the evidence—and what leaders should do instead. #NHS #SafeStaffing #HealthPolicy #NurseSky
www.hsj.co.uk/workforce/ho...
People end up in hospitals (and sometimes stuck there) because of what happens outside hospitals. Most of us working in health and care sense that every day.
December 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
People end up in hospitals (and sometimes stuck there) because of what happens outside hospitals. Most of us working in health and care sense that every day.
“What is incredibly unhelpful is the government and politicians’ use of anti-migrant rhetoric, it’s simply putting …staff in the firing line. Every single… nursing professional deserves to go to work without fear of being abused.”
hellorayo.co.uk/greatest-hit...
#NurseSky
hellorayo.co.uk/greatest-hit...
#NurseSky
Royal College of Nursing in the North West reports 116% rise in members facing racist abuse
Alarming data from the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) shows calls for help...
hellorayo.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 9:09 AM
“What is incredibly unhelpful is the government and politicians’ use of anti-migrant rhetoric, it’s simply putting …staff in the firing line. Every single… nursing professional deserves to go to work without fear of being abused.”
hellorayo.co.uk/greatest-hit...
#NurseSky
hellorayo.co.uk/greatest-hit...
#NurseSky
“Politicians and pundits tell us that there simply isn’t the money to invest in social care …
“The truth is that money exists in the care system but ... Instead of simply being provided as a public service, systems of care have … come to function more like a commodity … to be bought and sold.”
“The truth is that money exists in the care system but ... Instead of simply being provided as a public service, systems of care have … come to function more like a commodity … to be bought and sold.”
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Private care providers in three English regions make £250m in three years
More than third of profits analysed went to firms owned by private equity or based in tax havens, research finds
Private care providers in three English regions make £250m in three years
More than third of profits analysed went to firms owned by private equity or based in tax havens, research finds
Private care providers in three English regions make £250m in three years
More than third of profits analysed went to firms owned by private equity or based in tax havens, research finds
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:54 PM
“Politicians and pundits tell us that there simply isn’t the money to invest in social care …
“The truth is that money exists in the care system but ... Instead of simply being provided as a public service, systems of care have … come to function more like a commodity … to be bought and sold.”
“The truth is that money exists in the care system but ... Instead of simply being provided as a public service, systems of care have … come to function more like a commodity … to be bought and sold.”
Reposted by Simon Browes
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Private care providers in three English regions make £250m in three years
More than third of profits analysed went to firms owned by private equity or based in tax havens, research finds
Private care providers in three English regions make £250m in three years
More than third of profits analysed went to firms owned by private equity or based in tax havens, research finds
Private care providers in three English regions make £250m in three years
More than third of profits analysed went to firms owned by private equity or based in tax havens, research finds
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Private care providers in three English regions make £250m in three years
More than third of profits analysed went to firms owned by private equity or based in tax havens, research finds
Private care providers in three English regions make £250m in three years
More than third of profits analysed went to firms owned by private equity or based in tax havens, research finds
An important new book for the #TherapistSky community.
Great to spend time with
@iamkatylees.bsky.social and colleagues at @spti-nottm.bsky.social this evening.
Great to spend time with
@iamkatylees.bsky.social and colleagues at @spti-nottm.bsky.social this evening.
November 1, 2025 at 10:21 PM
An important new book for the #TherapistSky community.
Great to spend time with
@iamkatylees.bsky.social and colleagues at @spti-nottm.bsky.social this evening.
Great to spend time with
@iamkatylees.bsky.social and colleagues at @spti-nottm.bsky.social this evening.
Reposted by Simon Browes
SPTI book launch
MSc graduate Katy Lees
‘Queer Minds: LGBTQ+ Therapists and Advocates on Mental Health, Neurodivergence and the Things That Help'
7 Castle Quay
Sat 01Nov 6-8:30pm
nibbles & drinks
Author Q&A
Book signing
uk.jkp.com/products/que...
Book: www.cognitoforms.com/SPTI1/KatyLe...
MSc graduate Katy Lees
‘Queer Minds: LGBTQ+ Therapists and Advocates on Mental Health, Neurodivergence and the Things That Help'
7 Castle Quay
Sat 01Nov 6-8:30pm
nibbles & drinks
Author Q&A
Book signing
uk.jkp.com/products/que...
Book: www.cognitoforms.com/SPTI1/KatyLe...
Queer Minds
It's time to give queer minds the attention they deserve. As a non-binary and queer psychotherapist, Katy Lees knows how crucial it is to feel seen and supported as a queer person with mental health c...
uk.jkp.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
SPTI book launch
MSc graduate Katy Lees
‘Queer Minds: LGBTQ+ Therapists and Advocates on Mental Health, Neurodivergence and the Things That Help'
7 Castle Quay
Sat 01Nov 6-8:30pm
nibbles & drinks
Author Q&A
Book signing
uk.jkp.com/products/que...
Book: www.cognitoforms.com/SPTI1/KatyLe...
MSc graduate Katy Lees
‘Queer Minds: LGBTQ+ Therapists and Advocates on Mental Health, Neurodivergence and the Things That Help'
7 Castle Quay
Sat 01Nov 6-8:30pm
nibbles & drinks
Author Q&A
Book signing
uk.jkp.com/products/que...
Book: www.cognitoforms.com/SPTI1/KatyLe...
Webinar for newly registered nurses and final year students in North West England.
Opportunity to discuss the opportunities and challenges you might be experiencing.
There is no need to book in advance; just click on the link and join via MS Teams.
#NurseSky
www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Opportunity to discuss the opportunities and challenges you might be experiencing.
There is no need to book in advance; just click on the link and join via MS Teams.
#NurseSky
www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
No jobs for nurses? Navigating the crisis for early career nurses | Royal College of Nursing
Finding the right job can be difficult. Are you struggling to find a role after you graduate? We're here to help.
www.rcn.org.uk
October 7, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Webinar for newly registered nurses and final year students in North West England.
Opportunity to discuss the opportunities and challenges you might be experiencing.
There is no need to book in advance; just click on the link and join via MS Teams.
#NurseSky
www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Opportunity to discuss the opportunities and challenges you might be experiencing.
There is no need to book in advance; just click on the link and join via MS Teams.
#NurseSky
www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Reposted by Simon Browes
#DidYouKNow there is an RCN Learning Disability Nursing Network where we help influence Learning Disability Nursing practise across the lifespan, advocating for children and adults with a learning disability?
October 1, 2025 at 12:52 PM
#DidYouKNow there is an RCN Learning Disability Nursing Network where we help influence Learning Disability Nursing practise across the lifespan, advocating for children and adults with a learning disability?
September 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Reposted by Simon Browes
#NurseSky
⤵️ @rcn.org.uk is recruiting
Regional Officers (Reps & Activism)
1 full-time based Sunderland
0.8wte based Bolton
with hybrid working
£49,275 to £55,668 pro rata
careers.rcn.org.uk/Vacancies/Va...
Closing date: 26 September 2025
⤵️ @rcn.org.uk is recruiting
Regional Officers (Reps & Activism)
1 full-time based Sunderland
0.8wte based Bolton
with hybrid working
£49,275 to £55,668 pro rata
careers.rcn.org.uk/Vacancies/Va...
Closing date: 26 September 2025
RCN Officer (Reps and Activism) | Careers at the RCN | Royal College of Nursing
RCN Officer (Reps & Activism) x 2 1 x 35 hours per week, Permanent - Northern Region, Sunderland office with hybrid working (travel within the Northern region
careers.rcn.org.uk
September 12, 2025 at 8:40 PM
#NurseSky
⤵️ @rcn.org.uk is recruiting
Regional Officers (Reps & Activism)
1 full-time based Sunderland
0.8wte based Bolton
with hybrid working
£49,275 to £55,668 pro rata
careers.rcn.org.uk/Vacancies/Va...
Closing date: 26 September 2025
⤵️ @rcn.org.uk is recruiting
Regional Officers (Reps & Activism)
1 full-time based Sunderland
0.8wte based Bolton
with hybrid working
£49,275 to £55,668 pro rata
careers.rcn.org.uk/Vacancies/Va...
Closing date: 26 September 2025
#NurseSky
⤵️ @rcn.org.uk is recruiting
Regional Officers (Reps & Activism)
1 full-time based Sunderland
0.8wte based Bolton
with hybrid working
£49,275 to £55,668 pro rata
careers.rcn.org.uk/Vacancies/Va...
Closing date: 26 September 2025
⤵️ @rcn.org.uk is recruiting
Regional Officers (Reps & Activism)
1 full-time based Sunderland
0.8wte based Bolton
with hybrid working
£49,275 to £55,668 pro rata
careers.rcn.org.uk/Vacancies/Va...
Closing date: 26 September 2025
RCN Officer (Reps and Activism) | Careers at the RCN | Royal College of Nursing
RCN Officer (Reps & Activism) x 2 1 x 35 hours per week, Permanent - Northern Region, Sunderland office with hybrid working (travel within the Northern region
careers.rcn.org.uk
September 12, 2025 at 8:40 PM
#NurseSky
⤵️ @rcn.org.uk is recruiting
Regional Officers (Reps & Activism)
1 full-time based Sunderland
0.8wte based Bolton
with hybrid working
£49,275 to £55,668 pro rata
careers.rcn.org.uk/Vacancies/Va...
Closing date: 26 September 2025
⤵️ @rcn.org.uk is recruiting
Regional Officers (Reps & Activism)
1 full-time based Sunderland
0.8wte based Bolton
with hybrid working
£49,275 to £55,668 pro rata
careers.rcn.org.uk/Vacancies/Va...
Closing date: 26 September 2025
🚨 We're hiring! The @rcn.org.uk is looking for a dynamic Head of Operations to lead and shape impactful services for our members in the North West region.
If you're ready to drive excellence and make a difference, apply now 👉 careers.rcn.org.uk/Vacancies/Va... #Leadership #RCN #NurseSky #Jobs
If you're ready to drive excellence and make a difference, apply now 👉 careers.rcn.org.uk/Vacancies/Va... #Leadership #RCN #NurseSky #Jobs
Head of Operations | Careers at the RCN | Royal College of Nursing
Head of Operations, RCN England, North West Region Bolton Office with hybrid working, 35 hours, Permanent Salary range £79,482 - £89,238 per annum* There
careers.rcn.org.uk
September 10, 2025 at 9:17 AM
🚨 We're hiring! The @rcn.org.uk is looking for a dynamic Head of Operations to lead and shape impactful services for our members in the North West region.
If you're ready to drive excellence and make a difference, apply now 👉 careers.rcn.org.uk/Vacancies/Va... #Leadership #RCN #NurseSky #Jobs
If you're ready to drive excellence and make a difference, apply now 👉 careers.rcn.org.uk/Vacancies/Va... #Leadership #RCN #NurseSky #Jobs